Should prescription drugs be advertised on television? Why do doctors still prescribe too many antibiotics? Have airlines quietly come to rely on volunteer physicians? And how did Florida end up with a growing population of wild monkeys? On today's TMI Show, Ted Rall and Manila Chan examine the science, policy and surprising history behind four stories that reveal how systems often shape our decisions more than we realize.

On today's TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan:

Should the United States join the rest of the developed world in banning prescription drug commercials? We explore the growing effort to end direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising, the arguments for and against it, and whether medical decisions are increasingly being driven by marketing instead of medicine.

Why are antibiotics still prescribed when they ...