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The Comfort Premium
05/07/2026 | 4 mins.
It’s the same medicine. So why does the convenient version cost so much more?
Solving One Problem, Creating Another
28/06/2026 | 4 mins.
From a Pacific island overrun by rats to hospital wards battling superbugs, why our best intentions so often backfire.
What's Your Pain Worth? The Ethics of Paying Research Subjects
21/06/2026 | 5 mins.
Would you take $5,000 to be in a painful medical study? And should researchers even be allowed to ask?
Why Is She Being Blamed for Her Cancer?
12/06/2026 | 4 mins.
We'd never ask a breast cancer patient what she did to deserve it. So why do we ask her?
Gorillas: The Canary in the Jungle
08/06/2026 | 4 mins.
Veterinarians in Central Africa are bracing for an Ebola outbreak among gorillas. It might sound remote. It's not.

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An examination of medical ethics and the practitioners who define them. Sign up to receive the Second Opinion topics in newsletter form at kcrw.com/newsletters .

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