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Category Archives: Internal Medicine
Are there any medications to treat coronavirus?
(Also: How infectious and lethal is this Coronavirus COVID-19 compared to regular “flu”?) February 27, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD Gilead makes a not-yet-approved antiviral drug called remdisivir and it is being tested right
Posted in - Biotech, - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, Geriatrics, Infectious disease, Internal Medicine, NIH, Primary care medicine
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How infectious and lethal is this Coronavirus COVID-19 compared to regular “flu”?
February 28, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD Just published online in the NEJM is a report with the death rates in China
Posted in - NEJM, CDC, Congress, FDA, Infectious disease, Internal Medicine, NIH, Pediatrics, Primary care medicine, Pulmonology
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Anthony Fauci unjustifiably caused a mass panic
March 13, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD With one sentence in response to a question from a congressional hearing, an obscure medical
Posted in - Policy, CDC, CMS, Congress, Infectious disease, Internal Medicine, NIH, Primary care medicine, Pulmonology
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The only thing we have to fear…is fear itself
March 13, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD Holy cow. The PGA Tour cancelled the Players Championship due to fears over the coronavirus.
The ISCHEMIA trial PI, Judith Hochman, makes egregiously unfounded statements on national TV
November 17, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD The big news from the 2019 American Heart Association meeting is the large trial known by the acronym ISCHEMIA.
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Congress, FDA, Internal Medicine, NYU, VA
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Crystalloid “Balanced Lactated Ringer’s” IV solution is safer to the kidneys
March 1, 2018- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Vanderbilt’s Todd Rice, MD about his NEJM papers that showed crystalloid, or
Posted in - NEJM, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Emergency medicine, General surgery, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology, Orthopedic surgery, Pediatrics, Plastic surgery, Sports medicine, Trauma Surgery, Urology, Vanderbilt, Vascular Surgery
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Triple Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis
October 18, 2018- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson attempts to debate gun control with Annals of Internal Medicine Editor Christine Laine, MD
March 6, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD The puppets of the NRA on Fox News react predictably after each mass shooting in a school or
Once again, daily aspirin is shown to be deadly rather than beneficial
September 16, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD The Healthcare Channel has been pounding the table for many years pushing back against the drug
Is polio making a comeback?
Update November 13, 2018- Parents of children who died from this “polio-like” illness are accusing the
Does President Trump have “heart disease” based on his Coronary Calcium Score?
January 20, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD President Trump made news this week by having his doctor, Admiral Ronny Jackson, MD, answer
Posted in - NEJM, - Opinion, - Policy, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, CDC, Emory, Internal Medicine, Neurosurgery, NIH
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What is Sports Medicine?
March 27, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD Larry Nassar is the disgraced former Olympic gymnastic team “doctor” who was sent away to prison
Is President Trump on amphetamines? (Yes, he is)
Update January 16, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD President Trump’s doctor confirms my diagnosis made in the story below, which was that the slurred
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, FDA, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Primary care medicine, Rehab
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