Second Opinion

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

The President's 'routine' MRI that cost $3,000 and no doctor recommends is a perfect examp... more

When veterinarians vaccinating goats in India discovered women were dying in childbirth al... more

You're in the exam room. The person in the white coat says they're a doctor. But what kind... more

The pap smear has saved countless lives, but it's also dreaded by millions of women. Now t... more

What happens when the world's richest country tells its most vulnerable newcomers they're ... more

Medicare Advantage covers more than half of seniors, but is it costing taxpayers billions ... more

How did a pain pill that is only moderately effective and has murky side effects become Am... more

A shortsighted H-1B fee increase will eliminate the international doctors millions of unde... more

When his daughter wanted a tattoo, this dad conducted a 3,000-person study instead—h... more

Tuberculosis kills more people worldwide than AIDS or malaria, even though we've had a cur... more

The dramatic rise in autism diagnoses over the past 25 years is primarily a result of chan... more

As healthcare prioritizes profits over people, doctors are organizing to reclaim their pro... more

Afghan medical refugees watch helplessly as their earthquake-devastated homeland suffers w... more

Publishers profit billions by charging scientists to publish publicly-funded research that... more

Too many medical treatment choices overwhelm both patients and doctors, leading to worse d... more

Despite COVID-19 mRNA vaccines being a Nobel Prize-winning breakthrough that saved million... more

Medical professionals have a unique responsibility to prevent nuclear war, the ultimate pu... more

Young people globally are having fewer babies and creating aging populations, while surpri... more

Testosterone treatment, sought after as a “foundation of youth,” has become a ... more

Nearly 700 years ago the plague wiped out half of Europe. The genetic impacts are still pr... more

What the White House failed to tell us

We expect that FDA-approved drugs have been shown to be safe and effective. But, that isn&... more

Should a state have the authority to override a woman’s wishes regarding her body&md... more

It’s often hard to let go of traditions, but it's time to rethink the role of anatom... more

Unhoused people lack safe bathroom access—an issue of public health, safety, and bas... more

For more than a century, there has been a nefarious fascination with engineering society i... more

Evidence-based recommendations from groups like the US Preventive Services Task Force are ... more