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Second Opinion

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Second Opinion
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    Blessed or Broken? Rethinking Mental Health Across Cultures

    14/12/2025 | 4 mins.

    What one culture calls mental illness, others call a divine gift.

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    Why the President's 'Routine' MRI Is Bad Medicine

    07/12/2025 | 5 mins.

    The President's 'routine' MRI that cost $3,000 and no doctor recommends is a perfect example of how too much healthcare can be just as harmful as too little.

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    Where Goat Births and Human Births Meet

    30/11/2025 | 5 mins.

    When veterinarians vaccinating goats in India discovered women were dying in childbirth along migration routes, the solution came from recognizing that herders already knew how to save lives—just not their own.

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    Not That Kind of Doctor

    23/11/2025 | 5 mins.

    You're in the exam room. The person in the white coat says they're a doctor. But what kind of doctor? A federal court just decided that training matters more than free speech.

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    Rethinking the Pap Smear

    16/11/2025 | 5 mins.

    The pap smear has saved countless lives, but it's also dreaded by millions of women. Now there's an alternative that's easier, more private, and just as accurate.

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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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