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Second Opinion episodes

July 06, 2008 Whose Side Is the FDA on?
There are several pain relievers that contain
propoxyphene, a substance that is dangerous and ineffective. Why are these still
on the market?
4 min
June 29, 2008 Fluorescent Bulbs
While fluorescent bulbs use a fraction of the energy required for traditional light bulbs, they pose a potential danger if broken and an even greater danger if improperly discarded...
4 min
June 22, 2008 AIDS in Rural India, Part III
The impact of village health workers can be enormous but there are still some barriers to what they can accomplish...
4 min
June 15, 2008 AIDS in Rural India, Part II
While AIDS medicines would life-saving, the need in rural India are for far more than just medicines...
4 min
June 08, 2008 AIDS in Rural India
After generations of fighting malaria and dysentery rural India is not trying to contend with AIDS...
4 min
June 01, 2008 Pre-operative Testing: For Whose Benefit?
We all want our surgery to go as smoothly as possible, but at what point is it not in our best interest to have lots of preoperative tests ordered?
4 min
May 25, 2008 Screening for Dementia

While dementia is a common illness, and one that causes
great concern, there are currently no tests to detect the disease early and
this may be a good thing...
4 min
May 11, 2008 Humor to educate about drug advertising
4 min
May 04, 2008 Weight Loss and Drugs
No matter how much we wish it were different, there is still no easy road to weight loss...
4 min
April 27, 2008 Banning Direct-to-Consumer Advertising in Canada
Why is it that Canada prohibits drug companies from advertising products directly to the public?
4 min

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