Between 15 and 20 million Americans – including about 5 million children – have asthma, a chronic disease that makes it difficult to breathe. Asthma attacks can be frightening, even fatal, but they can also be treated and prevented. This episode of Second Opinion looks at the symptoms, causes, and diagnosis of asthma and how modern drug therapy can alleviate its effects.

Can that warm and fuzzy feeling of the sun bathing your body really come back to haunt you in the form of skin cancer? Absolutely. And for thousands of Americans every year, the cumulative effects of sun exposure result in an untimely death. In this Second Opinion episode, medical experts and skin cancer victims come together to explore the signs, symptoms, and outcomes of this disease and clue you in on simple measures that you and your family can take to significantly reduce your risk.