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Aerobic or Resistance Exercise, or Both, in Dieting Obese Older Adults

Posted on November 8, 2017 by admin

June 14, 2017- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Dennis Villareal, MD, the author of the NEJM paper “Aerobic or Resistance

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Review: Walk-in urgent care centers are the way to go

Posted on November 6, 2017 by admin

January 6, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD A patient asked for my help yesterday with a sinus infection that was lingering. I referred him to

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The egregious athletic coaching most kids receive

Posted on November 5, 2017 by admin

March 25, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD In 2005, at age 37, I got some good PGA golf lessons at Muirfield Golf Club in Ohio: Jack Nicklaus’

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Interview with the CEO of Galena Biopharma about cancer vaccines

Posted on November 5, 2017 by admin

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

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Trump made a big mistake wading into the quagmire of healthcare

Posted on October 25, 2017 by admin

Is President Obama foreseeing the future here and having a laugh? May 7, 2017- Opinion by Steven E. Greer, MD I watched Face the Nation and the news coverage of Friday town hall meetings. Mick Mulvaney was

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We need intelligent doctors, not memory savants

Posted on October 5, 2017 by admin

February 15, 2014- Opinion, By Steven E. Greer, MD The ability to get a joke, or comprehend that a sarcastic comment was meant as humor, requires

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CheckMate 026: Why did Opdivo (nivolumab) fail in NSCLC?

Posted on September 9, 2017 by admin

September 1, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD In the wake of the news-making failure of CheckMate 026 of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) fail in

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The ACA’s THC program: A pilot program to fund residency training outside of the traditional hospital setting

Posted on September 1, 2017 by admin

September 6, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

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The new 80-hour work week surgery residency

Posted on September 1, 2017 by admin

July 24, 2011- The Surgeon-in-Chief of Johns Hopkins Hospital,

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Interview with the CEO of Synthetic Biologics, Jeff Riley

Posted on September 1, 2017 by admin

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

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Told you so: The reason this country is close to an 18th-Century-style revolution

Posted on August 15, 2017 by admin

Update August 13- Told you so. The race riots in Charlottesville, Virginia are exactly what

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Interview with Dexcom’s CEO Terry Gregg

Posted on August 6, 2017 by admin

August 11, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Above, in

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I tied a PGA all-time record in putting

Posted on July 30, 2017 by admin

July 29, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have been too busy lately to hit balls or play a round of golf. But I have a little seven-foot indoor

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CBS News Promotes More Pro-Coffee Junk Science

Posted on July 11, 2017 by admin

July 11, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD How does one become a successful TV medical doctor pundit? First, you have to leave your medical ethics

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The Biggest Healthcare Stories of 2016

Posted on December 26, 2016 by admin

December 26, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD for The Healthcare Channel Policy changes dominated the 2016 year in healthcare news. There were few important new drug

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Ibrance (palbociclib) to treat advanced breast cancer

Posted on November 1, 2016 by admin

November 28, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Richard Finn,

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A personal medical mystery solved

Posted on October 30, 2016 by admin

January 30, 2016- by Steven E. ROSHE TWO Greer, MD I have been told since I was a surgery resident that I have a peculiar style of writing patient chart

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Paul Gigot’s Op-Ed section disgraces the Wall Street Journal, yet again

Posted on October 27, 2016 by admin

February 21, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD On February 20th, Paul Gigot, the editor in charge of gatekeeping the letters published in the

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Review: The iPhone 7

Posted on October 25, 2016 by admin

Depth Mode photo from the iPhone 7 November 25, 2016- by Steven E. New Balance 515 homme Greer, MD I was forced to buy the new iPhone 7 Plus after my new 6 was stolen. While I still recommend

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The Biggest stories of 2015

Posted on October 20, 2016 by admin

December 31, 2015- by Steven E. Nike Roshe Run Femme Greer, MD 2015 was the year of ISIS. The radical jihadist group started the year with an attack in France,

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