The Weekly Summary

Posted on January 26, 2020 by admin

January 20th – January 26th                                 2020

In the general news, President Trump traveled to Davos, Switzerland, to avoid the impeachment Continue reading →

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How human behavior has changed since 1950

Posted on January 26, 2020 by admin

January 26, 2020- by Seven E. Greer, MD

What defines the generations? What fundamentally changed the way we behave? Continue reading →

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The best hospitals in the country are losing money. Why?

Posted on January 25, 2020 by admin

August 12, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

In the course of working on a medical book for the patient population, I just discovered this 2017 Forbes article that explains Continue reading →

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The new CDC guidelines for prescribing opioid pain pills

Posted on January 24, 2020 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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The Weekly Summary

Posted on January 19, 2020 by admin

January 13th – January 19th                                 2020

In the general news, The US-China trade deal, but only “Stage 1”, was signed with fanfare in The White Continue reading →

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The ISCHEMIA trial PI, Judith Hochman, makes egregiously unfounded statements on national TV

Posted on January 18, 2020 by admin

November 17, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

The big news from the 2019 American Heart Association meeting is the large trial known by the acronym ISCHEMIA. Continue reading →

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The Healthcare Channel hits 10

Posted on January 18, 2020 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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The FDA pathway for biosimilar drug approvals

Posted on January 17, 2020 by admin

March 26, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer,

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Cardiology mafia egregiously obfuscates mortality differences between stents and CABG in EXCEL trial

Posted on January 16, 2020 by admin

December 10, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

In my recent book, The Medical Advocate, I excoriated the cardiology community, particularly Continue reading →

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Daily aspirin once again proves to be of no use and also deadly

Posted on January 15, 2020 by admin

Japanese-aspirin-studyUpdate January 13, 2015- Yet another study was published highlighting the risks of daily aspirin.  Continue reading →

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The Weekly Summary

Posted on January 12, 2020 by admin

January 6th – January 12th                                 2020

In the general news, Iran seemingly blinked and failed to retaliate meaningfully after the U.S. Continue reading →

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Exclusive: Michael Bloomberg took control of Johns Hopkins with his billions. Then, death rates skyrocketed at a children’s hospital.

Posted on January 9, 2020 by admin
Dean and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine Paul Rothman

December 11, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Ranking colleges and medical centers is a futile, highly subjective, and ludicrous endeavor. Nevertheless, Continue reading →

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The MusiCorps benefit concert 2015

Posted on January 9, 2020 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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Crystalloid “Balanced Lactated Ringer’s” IV solution is safer to the kidneys

Posted on January 9, 2020 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 January 9, 2020 by admin

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

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The Who’s Teen Cancer Lounge at Sloan Kettering opens

Posted on January 9, 2020 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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Celiac disease is not reduced by breast feeding or delaying the introduction of gluten

Posted on January 9, 2020 by admin

October 19, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

Alessio Fasano, MD of Harvard discusses his 10-year-long study in children testing whether the Continue reading →

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Is Vitamin-D deficiency overdiagnosed?

Posted on January 9, 2020 by admin

November 8, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine,  Brigham Continue reading →

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Benjamin Sommers, MD PhD: Expansion of Medicaid and impact on mortality rates

Posted on January 9, 2020 by admin

September 7, 2012

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Pembrolizumab as Second-Line Therapy for Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma

Posted on January 9, 2020 by admin

February 27, 2017- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed Joaquim Bellmunt, MD, PhD, the Director of the Bladder Cancer Center at Dana-Farber, Continue reading →

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