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Why the lack of outrage over smoking depicted in film and television?

January 20, 2014 To Senators Dick Durbin, Richard Blumenthal, Sherrod Brown, and Edward Markey

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Alex Rodriguez’s PED schedule

January 12, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD CBS’s “60 Minutes” interviewed the man, Anthony Bosch, claiming to have been the pseudo-doctor

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Twitter interview with banned-for-life Wall Street tech analyst Henry Blodget

January 11, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Disgraced Wall Street sell-side technology sector analyst, Henry Blodget, who was banned for life by

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Harvard professors feel the impact in their pocketbooks of the ACA law that they helped pass

Update January 5, 2014- This is now being reported in the New York Times, two-months after our reporting.

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The biggest healthcare stories of 2013

December 23, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD Like a broken record, 2013 was yet another tough year for healthcare companies. Several forces are

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Laws governing genetic tests

December 19, 2013– Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD In Part 2 of our interview with Robert Klitzman, MD, from Columbia University, he discusses

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CBS allows TV doctor to make egregious claims about statins

Can a “calculator” really tell doctors who should be on Lipitor? Nortin Hadler, MD: lack of evidence for widespread statin use The risk of diabetes associated with statin drugs “You’re telling me this now?” Why the news is suddenly critical … Continue reading

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The finances of TAVI: do prices have to come down?

November 8, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD William O’Neill, MD of Henry Ford discusses the finances of transapical aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and why the $30,000 pricetag for the devices should be closer to $5,000. He also discusses … Continue reading

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TAVI: Comparing CoreValve to Sapien

November 8, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD William O’Neill, MD of Henry Ford discusses the recent pivotal data for the Medtronic CoreValve device,

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New therapies for hepatitis C

November 6, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD In Part 1, Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, liver disease and GI doctor from UCLA, discusses the standard of care

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The clinical hurdles to prescribing CGM

October 31, 2014– Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD The portion of total Type 1 diabetes patients who use continuous glucose monitors (CGM)

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Did the GOP shut down the government just to please a special interest industry lobby?

October 19, 2013- By Steven E. Greer MD The United States government was partially shut down for more than two weeks in October.

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The more we know, the more unnecessary President Bush’s stent seems

October 16, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD A recent short article in an obscure Washington, DC wonky journal triggered national media

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Interview with MannKind’s CEO, Al Mann, and CFO, Matt Pfeffer.

October 23,  2013- Interviewed by Steven E.  Greer, MD The Healthcare Channel interviewed the CEO of MannKind, Al Mann, and the CFO, Matt Pfeffer.

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A Bridge Too Far: Patient classifications for LVAD reimbursement

September 16, 2013- By Ashish Shah, MD, Cardiac transplant surgeon, The Johns Hopkins Medical Center Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) arose from the ashes of the total artificial heart era.

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Little guy challenges Dr. Oz over copyright infringement and wins

September 12, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD Under certain circumstances, copyrighted text or video content can be used by others without

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Super rapid acting insulin and inhaled insulin

September 9, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Jay Skyler, MD, PhD, Deputy Director of the Diabetes Research Institute at The University

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Senate Finance Committee hearing on CMMI

August 15, 2013

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Exclusive: President Bush had controversial coronary CT-scan as routine screening leading to questionable stent

August 7, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD The press has reported extensively about President George W. Bush (The 43rd President) receiving a controversial coronary stent after a routine annual exam found a blockage in an

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Serelaxin to treat acute heart failure

July 8, 2013- The FDA granted Novartis the coveted “Breakthrough” status for drug serelaxin

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