The Weekly Summary

Posted on February 17, 2019 by admin

February 11th – February 17th                                 2019

In general news, drug cartel leader “El Chapo” was convicted in U.S. courts. President Trump went to Continue reading →

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The new CDC guidelines for prescribing opioid pain pills

Posted on February 16, 2019 by admin

June 1, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

Pain pill prescriptions have quadrupled since the 1990’s as drug companies stepped up marketing and funded Continue reading →

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Once again, daily aspirin is shown to be deadly rather than beneficial

Posted on February 15, 2019 by admin

September 16, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

The Healthcare Channel has been pounding the table for many years pushing back against the drug Continue reading →

Posted in - NEJM, - Pharma, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Gastroenterology and liver, Geriatrics, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Oncology, Vascular Surgery | Leave a comment

The Who’s Teen Cancer Lounge at Sloan Kettering opens

Posted on February 14, 2019 by admin

March 18, 2016- by Steven E. Greer MD

The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center held a press day for its new teen lounge Continue reading →

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What is Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s prognosis?

Posted on February 14, 2019 by admin

December 21, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburd underwent surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Continue reading →

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The Healthcare Channel hits 10

Posted on February 12, 2019 by admin

February 3, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD I don’t recall the exact date, but it was sometime during the summer of 2006, when I was daydreaming Continue reading →

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President-elect Trump adopts plan by The Healthcare Channel to bring back drug manufacturing jobs

Posted on February 12, 2019 by admin

September 4, 2010- by Steven Greer, MD

The Commissioner of the FDA, Margaret Hamburg, could become the single biggest job creator Continue reading →

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The MusiCorps benefit concert 2015

Posted on February 12, 2019 by admin

October 16, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed the Founder of MusiCorps, Arthur Bloom, and one of the musicians in the band, Continue reading →

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The Weekly Summary

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

February 4th – February 10th                                 2019

In general news, talks with China to avert a trade war took a turn for the worse while North Korea Continue reading →

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Essay: Opioids coming through the Mexican border are a national security risk

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

Update January 8, 2019- President Trump quoted from this story tonight during his talk from the Ova Continue reading →

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Crystalloid “Balanced Lactated Ringer’s” IV solution is safer to the kidneys

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

March 1, 2018- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed Vanderbilt’s Todd Rice, MD about his NEJM papers that showed crystalloid, or Continue reading →

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Don Berwick, MD: Waste in the American Healthcare System

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

Dr. Berwick, former Director of CMS and former President and CEO of IHI, discusses the percentage Continue reading →

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Don Berwick, MD: State health insurance exchanges

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

April 4, 2012

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Don Berwick, MD: Changing from fee-for-service to bundled payments in Medicare and Medicaid

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

April 4, 2012

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Don Berwick, MD: National Coverage Decisions

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

December 1, 2013- National Coverage Decisions (NCDs) are used by CMS to set guidelines as to Continue reading →

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Don Berwick, MD: The Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

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CMMI Director leaves after Healthcare Channel investigates

Posted on February 10, 2019 by admin

September 29, 2013-By Steven E. Greer, MD

In June of 2012, The Healthcare Channel published an influential Op-Ed in the WSJ exposing Continue reading →

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Industry conflicts arise at PCORI threatening any real comparative effectiveness research

Posted on February 10, 2019 by admin

February 7, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

The Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) was created by the PPACA “ObamaCare” law in 2010. Continue reading →

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Have state health commissioners dropped the ball?

Posted on February 10, 2019 by admin

With Obamacare exchange premiums increasing 7.5% year-over-year, this 2013 video is still relevant…. Continue reading →

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Current surgical weight loss therapies

Posted on February 10, 2019 by admin

January 24, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

Erik Dutson, MD, weight loss surgeon at UCLA, explains why his medical center does not implant the Lap-Band, Continue reading →

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