Second Opinion

The President says TrumpRx will give Americans the lowest drug prices in the world — but a closer look reveals a much more limited program that will leave most patients exactly where they started.

One in four Americans die before age 70 — not because we lack longevity supplements, but because we've abandoned the basic primary care that keeps people alive.

Medical Care is often not enough. Doulas are bringing an ancient practice back to modern dying—one family at a time.

Super Bowl medical ads use celebrity endorsements and fear tactics to promote disease screening - not primarily for public health, but to expand the patient pool for new, expensive treatments.

Every medical injection you've ever received was safety-tested using the blue blood of a 450-million-year-old creature — and we're finally questioning whether that's worth their survival.

My patient Paul has been trying to stop his antidepressants for months, and what's keeping him trapped reveals a truth the medical community has been slow to acknowledge.

The flu is surging, vaccine recommendations just got gutted, and somehow we're being told to trust butter over science—here's why you should be worried.

When two of my patients faced serious health crises, their unexpected response taught me something profound about the science and practice of gratitude—lessons worth carrying into the new year.

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 example of how too much healthcare can be just as harmful as too little.

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.

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.

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.

What happens when the world's richest country tells its most vulnerable newcomers they're on their own for food?

Medicare Advantage covers more than half of seniors, but is it costing taxpayers billions and offering little advantage?

How did a pain pill that is only moderately effective and has murky side effects become America's 5th most prescribed drug?

A shortsighted H-1B fee increase will eliminate the international doctors millions of underserved Americans depend on, deepening healthcare inequality.

When his daughter wanted a tattoo, this dad conducted a 3,000-person study instead—here's what they found.

Tuberculosis kills more people worldwide than AIDS or malaria, even though we've had a cure for 50 years. One doctor learned from village healers in Uganda that you can't cure TB unless you first understand poverty.

The dramatic rise in autism diagnoses over the past 25 years is primarily a result of changes in the definition of the condition and increased screening, rather than the causes claimed by politicians like Trump and RFK Jr.

As healthcare prioritizes profits over people, doctors are organizing to reclaim their profession and protect patients

Afghan medical refugees watch helplessly as their earthquake-devastated homeland suffers without adequate healthcare, while America wastes their desperately needed expertise due to credential barriers during our own provider shortage.

Publishers profit billions by charging scientists to publish publicly-funded research that volunteers review for free.

Too many medical treatment choices overwhelm both patients and doctors, leading to worse decisions and greater dissatisfaction.