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Occluding the left atrial appendage to prevent stroke in A-fib
May 17, 2014- Thromboembolic stroke caused by atrial fibrillation is the primary reason patients are placed
Posted in - Medical Devices, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, FDA, Henry Ford
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The Netflix Late Reviewer: Dallas Buyers Club is much better than advertised
May 8, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Matthew McConaughey won the Best Actor in a Leading Role Academy Award for his portrayal
The FDA’s new Breakthrough status for new drug applications
May 24, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Janet Woodcock, MD,
Posted in - Pharma, FDA
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Drug-coated balloons to treat fem-pop disease
April 27, 2014– Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD At the Charing Cross symposium in London, Medtronic reported results of the IN-PACT trial
Posted in - Medical Devices, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, UCLA
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FDA official, William Maisel, pleads guilty to crime, keeps job
April 24, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD In July of 2012, the New York Times reported on an FDA scandal of the agency spying on internal
Posted in FDA
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How many stent cases does it take to bill Medicare for $18 Million?
April 9, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD The release of data by Medicare showing what each doctor earns from billing CMS is making news for
Posted in Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, CMS, Congress
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The subcutaneous ICD
The concept of applying high voltage to shock a heart out of
Posted in - Medical Devices, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, UCLA
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Medical Tip: How to get special glasses for computer screen distances, for cheap
March 14, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD With remarkable regularity across all populations, the inner lens of the eye loses flexibility
Posted in Ohio State, Ophthalmology
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The ACC seems to support dangerous energy drinks
March 6, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD The Maryland State Assembly will begin debate on a bill to regulate “energy drinks”, such as those
Posted in - Policy, Cardiology
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Book Review: Dragnet Nation by Julia Angwin
March 2, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Author of Dragnet Nation, Julia Angwin, won her Pulitzer Prize while working for the Wall Street
Posted in - Reviews, books, devices
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The serious adverse events caused by topical testoserone
March 1, 2014
Posted in - Pharma, Dermatology, Diabetes and endocrinology, FDA
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FDA investigated by congress for spying on whistleblowers
Update February 26, 2014- Senator Grassley convened an oversight hearing in the senate, and also
Posted in Congress, FDA
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Tenets of the Palo Alto business model
February 24, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD With so many young kids becoming billionaires overnight in Silicon Valley, you might be thinking
Posted in - Opinion
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The FDA discusses Brilinta
February 4, 2014- The WSJ is reporting today on a Johns Hopkins doctor who filed a federal
Posted in - Pharma, Cardiology, FDA
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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
Posted in - Opinion, Congress, FDA
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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
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, Congress, Diabetes and endocrinology
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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
Posted in - Opinion, Congress
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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.
Posted in - Opinion, CMS, Harvard
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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
Posted in - Opinion, - The Weekly Summary
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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
Posted in Columbia, Congress, FDA, Genetics
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