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The Deans of Johns Hopkins and Miami discuss ACO’s

Posted on September 1, 2022 by admin

February 28, 2011- By Steven E Greer, MD Dean Miller of Johns Hopkins and Dean Goldschmidt of Miami discuss accountable care organizations,

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The Medical Advocate

Posted on September 1, 2022 by admin

Now available on Amazon. The Medical Advocate is an important book on the American healthcare system.

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The new CDC guidelines for prescribing opioid pain pills

Posted on September 1, 2022 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

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The Medicaid Roundtable

Posted on August 28, 2022 by admin

Part 1: Medicaid primer Part 2: State spending on Medicaid

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The Miami Summit on Healthcare Spending Reduction

Posted on August 20, 2022 by admin

June 29, 2010 Produced and interviewed by Steven Greer, MD The Healthcare Channel and The University of Miami Health System hosted a roundtable discussion

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I was in the delivery room when Obamacare was born

Posted on August 19, 2022 by admin

Update September 21, 2014- Obamacare is causing more people to go to the hospital, which

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Back to the future

Posted on July 8, 2022 by admin

July 8, 2022- By Steven E. Greer, MD I have long had a good organizational system using my desktop computer and Microsoft Outlook. Peers around me in big workplaces have emulated it.

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Violent video games and aggressive behavior

Posted on July 5, 2022 by admin

March 30, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD A recent JAMA paper connects the dots between violent video games and aggressive behavior.

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Why are suicide rates increasing along with increased usage of antidepressants?

Posted on July 5, 2022 by admin

June 8, 2018- Fox News’ Tucker Carlson interviewed author Johan Hari about his book Lost Connections and the

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Current surgical weight loss therapies

Posted on May 20, 2022 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,

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My issues with the Dr. Malone’s and Scott Atlas’ on TV

Posted on April 2, 2022 by admin

April 2, 2022- by Steven E. Greer, MD I am a big fan of Robert Malone, MD. He and I seem to have similar styles of observing and writing about

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“Discharged Alive”

Posted on February 21, 2022 by admin

February 21, 2022- by Steven E. Greer, MD Last December, both of my parents were admitted for almost two-weeks at the Ohio State University

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India, Mexico, and El Salvador distribute ivermectin to citizens in free COVID kits

Posted on February 20, 2022 by admin

January 20, 2022- by Steven E. Greer, MD As all hospitals in the U.S. refuse to administer lifesaving early treatments for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus,

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Where are those fancy new oral pills from Pfizer and Merck?

Posted on January 19, 2022 by admin

January 8, 2022- by Steven E. Greer, MD The Omicron variant is milder but still causing tremendous economic and psychological damage. Schools are closing

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FDA CDER Director on Benlysta for lupus and adaptive clinical trials.

Posted on October 29, 2021 by admin

July 27, 2011- Janet Woodcock, MD, Director of the FDAs new drug division, CDER, discusses with Steven Greer,

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Senator Grassley discusses the NIH and industry bias

Posted on October 28, 2021 by admin
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The Daltrey Townshend teenage and young adult cancer center at UCLA

Posted on July 20, 2021 by admin

May 4, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer More than 20 years ago, Roger Daltrey began forming special cancer units in the UK to treat patients in their teenage

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Senator Ben Cardin discusses antidepressants in the military

Posted on July 19, 2021 by admin

Update: July 29, 2010- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

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Why Indian Point nuclear power plant needs to be shut down

Posted on May 20, 2021 by admin

April 29, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have long been a critic of the overuse of CT-scans due to the radiation risks and costs. I’m not sure why,

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Senator Angus King discusses his bill to make medical device pricing transparent to the public

Posted on May 19, 2021 by admin

July 9, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Senator Angus King from Maine has proposed a a bill that would make the pricing of medical devices

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