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Renal denervation devices to treat hypertension

Posted on May 14, 2013 by admin

William O’Neill, MD of Henry Ford Hospital discusses renal denervation devices used to treat refractory hypertension. He is involved with the Medtronic device trials.

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The Massachusetts General trauma response to the Boston bombings

Posted on May 3, 2013 by admin

May 3, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Paul Biddinger, MD, Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, Massachusetts General

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How Boston medical centers prepare for unconventional weapon attacks

Posted on May 3, 2013 by admin

May 3, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Paul Biddinger, MD, Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, Massachusetts General

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How Boston medical centers prepare for unconventional weapon attacks

Posted on May 3, 2013 by admin

May 3, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

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The other casualty from Boston: Old-school TV news

Posted on April 27, 2013 by admin

April 27, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD On April 15, 2013, at 2:49 PM, two terrorist bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston

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Is cath lab fluoroscopy radiation exposure dangerous?

Posted on April 25, 2013 by admin

April 25, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD With former President George W. Bush receiving a coronary stent and cardiac chest CT-scan,

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FDA official, William Maisel, pleads guilty to crime, keeps job

Posted on April 24, 2013 by admin

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

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Questionable comments by Atul Gawande after the Boston Marathon bombings

Posted on April 20, 2013 by admin

April 20, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD Only two days after the April 15th Boston Marathon terrorist bombings, Harvard surgeon Atul

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TAVR Finances: William O’Neill, MD

Posted on April 15, 2013 by admin

Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD The clinical adoption of  Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) has been slower than

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TAVR collaboration

Posted on April 12, 2013 by admin

April 12, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD William O’Neill, MD, Director of the Structural Heart Disease Center at Henry Ford Hospital,

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Smartphone apps to be regulated and taxed as medical devices

Posted on March 26, 2013 by admin

March 26, 2013 Which smartphone apps will the FDA label as a medical device making them taxable tax under

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anti-PD1 and anti-PD-L1 drugs treating NSCLC

Posted on March 26, 2013 by admin

March 26, 2013 Interviewed By Steven E. Greer, MD

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Watchman shot dead

Posted on March 10, 2013 by admin

March 10, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD  The Healthcare Channel PREVAIL, the much anticipated second major trial of the Boston Scientific device called Watchman was a bust. The trial endpoints were changed in midstream of the trial, but it … Continue reading →

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Second-gen Sapien TAVI valve does not reduce stroke problem

Posted on March 10, 2013 by admin

March 10, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD  The Healthcare Channel The main reason that Medicare has limited coverage for the Edwards Lifesciences (EW) Sapien percutaneous aortic valve is the high perioperative complication rate of ischemic strokes, in excess of … Continue reading →

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The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation panel

Posted on March 8, 2013 by admin

March 8, 2013  By Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed three of the oncologists and industry executives who spoke at the Damon Runyon

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The IOM report on counterfeit and substandard drugs

Posted on March 3, 2013 by admin

Prashant Yadav, PhD, Director, Health Care Research Initiative, University of Michigan, discusses

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Double arm transplantation

Posted on January 31, 2013 by admin

Gerald Brandacher, MD, Scientific Director of the  Composite Tissue Allotransplantation (Reconstructive Transplant) Program at Johns Hopkins discusses the first double arm transplant.

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Wall Street Journal articles

Posted on October 22, 2012 by admin

Greer SE. Inside ObamaCare’s Grant-Making. Op-Ed in The Wall Street Journal. June 4, 2012 Greer SE. Pork is Clogging CMMI’s Arteries. Letter section in The Wall Street Journal. June 20, 2012 Avastin for breast cancer

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New therapies for Multiple Sclerosis

Posted on October 15, 2012 by admin

Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Barbara Giesser, MD, neurologist and Medical Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at UCLA, discusses the

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High fructose consumption and fatty liver disease

Posted on October 10, 2012 by admin

Manal F. Abdelmalek, MD, MPH, of the Duke Medical Center’s Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology

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