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The Gluten Crazies are out of control and affecting menus in restaurants
April 26, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD I was eating at a French restaurant recently, and the waiter asked me if I had any allergies, such as “gluten”.
Posted in - Opinion, Gastroenterology and liver, Harvard, Pediatrics
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Kick your smartphone app addiction in 2018
January 8, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I was one of the very earliest CrackBerry addicts in 2000. That was a term given to people constantly
Mechanical heart valves provide much lower mortality than tissue valves in young patients
November 8, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD Off the radar of Wall Street analysts is a new paper in the NEJM that shows mechanical heart valves, both aortic and mitral, impart much lower mortality than tissue valves in the … Continue reading
Posted in - Medical Devices, - NEJM, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology
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Is President Trump on amphetamines? (Yes, he is)
Update January 16, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD President Trump’s doctor confirms my diagnosis made in the story below, which was that the slurred
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, FDA, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Primary care medicine, Rehab
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Bending the cost curve of cancer care
May 25, 2011- Since the approval of Genentech’s costly Avastin in 2004, prominent oncologists have warned that
NBC begins alarming new series to promote the diagnosis of “mental illness” in children
December 11, 2017
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, Neurology, Neurosurgery, NIH, Pediatrics, Primary care medicine, Psychology Psychiatry, Rehab
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Did Hillary Clinton really faint from “dehydration” or does she have a chronic neurological condition?
September 12, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD Once again, the Hillary Clinton campaign is on defense after another health scare from their
Osimertinib in Untreated EGFR-Mutated Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (FLAURA)
November 20, 2017- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Emory University oncologist Suresh S. Ramalingam, M.D. about his NEJM
Posted in - NEJM, Cardiac surgery, Emory, Oncology
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Oh my god, I have a disease!
March 21, 2014- This DTC TV drug ad medicalizing a non-disease really struck us as egregious
Posted in - Pharma, Congress, FDA
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US Senator calls for transparency in medical device pricing
Posted in - Medical Devices, Congress
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HBO’s John Oliver devotes 16-minutes on the Dr. Oz senate hearing
Posted in - Opinion, Cardiac surgery, Congress
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Hormone replacement therapy is safe and effective after all
November 14, 2017- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed JoAnn Manson, MD, DrPH about her JAMA paper that followed the cohorts in
Football head injuries down after rules change
Update January 20, 2015- The PBS news show Frontline has been tracking the number
Increasing rates of double mastectomies in early stage breast cancer
November 22, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD David P. Winchester MD, Medical Director of Cancer Programs for the American College of Surgeons,
Posted in - Policy, Oncology, Plastic surgery
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The serious adverse events caused by antipsychotics
February 1, 2014
Posted in - Pharma, FDA
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Steve Bannon and the epidemic of Baby Boomers with mental illness
January 5, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD President Trump made news yesterday by issuing a statement firing back at Steve Bannon for allegations
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, Geriatrics, Neurology, Psychology Psychiatry, Rehab
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CT-scan screening for heart disease fails to show benefit
March 23, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed the Principal Investigator of the PROMISE trial, Pamela Douglas, MD from Duke.
Posted in - NEJM, - Policy, Cardiology, CMS, Duke, Radiology
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What Steve Jobs would have invented if he had lived longer
Update January 29, 2014- Apple posted Q4 earnings so big that they are incomprehensible.
Posted in - Medical Devices, - Opinion
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Mepolizumab or Placebo for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
May 23, 2017- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed polumonologist Michael Wechsler, MD about his paper in the NEJM testing mepolizumab
Posted in - NEJM, National Jewish Health, Pulmonology, Rheumatology
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The super shady methods of pricing generic drugs in America: case study- Sildenafil
May 15, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD The last I read, Teva and Mylan were not supposed to launch their approved generic of Viagra (sildenafil)
Posted in - Generics, - Opinion, - Pharma, CMS, Congress, FDA
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