Second Opinion LIVE!

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Second Opinion LIVE! episodes

October 26, 2010 The Mütter Museum & Other Spine-Tingling Topics in Medicine
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Guest: Anna Dhody, MFS

Hosts Drs. Matt Birnholz and Michael Greenberg get into the Halloween spirit, with an interview with Anna Dhody, curator of the often macabre, always educational, Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

Plus, they discucss the results of ReachMD's poll of healthcare professionals' opinions on healthcare reform legislation. And, we want to know what YOU think. Tell us your reaction to federal healthcare reform legislation. Vote and post your comments in the online version of the poll.
30 min
October 14, 2010 Weird Science: A Conversation with the Father of the Ig-Nobel Prize
Guest: Marc Abrahams
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD

In this re-broadcast of the October 13th live show, we’ve invited Marc Abrahams, the editor of the Annals of Improbable Research and the mastermind behind the annual Ig-Nobel Prize, for science that makes people laugh, then makes them think. Plus: a few others making a difference in fields of science and medicine; and making a difference locally this Halloween.
30 min
September 30, 2010 Radio on the Internet: Second Opinion Goes to a Virtual Oncology Conference
Guest: Judith Karp, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD

In this show, Drs Birnholz and Greenberg talk Dr. Judith Karp, an authority on molecular mechanisms of leukemia and lymphoma, from John Hopkins University School of Medicine, and chair of the Oncology Care Live virtual congress. Why a virtual conference? How does it work? What will attendees learn? Plus: the continuing debate on mammography, and a bra that could save your life.
30 min
September 16, 2010 Second Opinion Goes Back to Med School
Guest: Robert M. Golub, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD

Autumn is upon us in the medical community, and hosts Dr. Matt Birnholz and Dr. Michael Greenberg turn their attention to medical education. They talk with Dr. Robert Golub, senior editor of JAMA, about the path from trainee to skilled physician and this year’s annual medical education-themed issue. Plus: The game "Operation" turns 45, Dr. Birnholz tries live surgery, and the video-blogging hospitalist known as ZDoggMD pays tribute his physician-father’s incredible physical exam skills.
30 min
September 01, 2010 Five Years Later: Katrina's Mental Health Impact
Guest: Rebecca Thomley, PhD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD

In this rebroadcast of the September 1st show, Dr. Greenberg interviews Rebecca Thomley about the mental health situtation in New Orleans, five years after Hurricane Katrina. Dr. Thomley runs a nonprofit relief organization that opened a walk-in mental health clinic in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward. Plus: DNA testing comes to the fair and new research on palliative care.
30 min
August 19, 2010 The Physician/Journalist In a Disaster: Ethics and Objectivity
Guest: Sanjay Gupta, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD

CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, discusses the challenges in balancing the roles of physician and journalist, with host Dr. Matt Birnholz. Do we need ethical guidelines? And are the rules different in a disaster? Plus, Drs. Birnholz and Greenberg debate a controversial prenatal hormonal treatment, dissect the case of the tumor that turned out to be a green pea, and more.

30 min
August 05, 2010 Haiti’s Transition From Acute Crisis to Quiet Crisis
Guest: John Howe, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD

Dr. John P. Howe, president and CEO of Project HOPE, gives hosts Dr. Matt Birnholz and Dr. Michael Greenberg an update on Project HOPE's current efforts in Haiti and how you can still help. Plus: they report on the the placebo effect of very annoying music, and the most obese states in America.
30 min
July 22, 2010 The Physician to the President
Guest: Connie Mariano, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD

In this rebroadcast of the July 21st show, our hosts talk to former presidential physician Dr. Connie Mariano, who made house calls to the White House for 9 years (and on Air Force One and across the globe). Her new book is called The White House Doctor: My Patients Were Presidents — A Memoir (Thomas Dunne Books, 2010). Also, technologist Dr. Joseph Kim checks in to talk about the 'meaningful use' rules that were announced July 13th.
30 min
July 08, 2010 Haiti Six Months Later: Assessing the Aftermath
Guest: Anthony Alessi, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD

In this show, our hosts get an update from ReachMD host Dr. Anthony Alessi, from Haiti, six months after the earthquake. And, they question Dr. Andrew Wakefield, widely-known for his controversial and discredited research linking the MMR vaccine with autism. He has a new book about his experiences, Callous Disregard: Autism and Vaccines: The Truth Behind a Tragedy.
30 min
June 10, 2010 Letters to a Young Doctor
Guest: Ram Gordon, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD

In this rebroadcast of the Wednesday, June 9th show, your hosts talk with Dr. Ram Gordon, who published an article recently on the remarkable relationship from early in his career that started with a letter from a patient. Plus: tattoos that detect glucose levels and other high tech developments, donuts, your health and the government.
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