Second Opinion

First comes the disaster. What follows is predictable, but equally worrisome.

Should prisoners be allowed to donate organs in exchange for a reduced sentence?

Changes are needed to ready ourselves to treat new emerging infections

For good reason, other than the US, only one other country in the world allows drugs to be advertised directly to the public.

Small acts of kindness make a huge difference to patients and families

Good quality turns out to be complicated and unrelated to reimbursement rates

While properly ordered blood tests can help enormously with diagnosis, too often, blood tests are ordered without good reason.

Is there value in getting a second opinion?  What happens when the two opinions differ from each other?

A look at some of the topics we covered throughout the past year.