Category Archives: – Opinion

The Healthcare Channel hits 10

Posted on December 17, 2018 by admin

February 3, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD I don’t recall the exact date, but it was sometime during the summer of 2006, when I was daydreaming

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Essay: Opioids coming through the Mexican border are a national security risk

Posted on December 3, 2018 by admin

November 30, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD The U.S. life expectancy has dramatically dropped according to a new report. This type of demographic

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President-elect Trump adopts plan by The Healthcare Channel to bring back drug manufacturing jobs

Posted on December 1, 2018 by admin

September 4, 2010- by Steven Greer, MD The Commissioner of the FDA, Margaret Hamburg, could become the single biggest job creator

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How pain pills almost killed my mother after elective knee surgery

Posted on November 30, 2018 by admin

May 21, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD My mother is in her 70’s and in good health except for debilitating knee arthritis. After considerable

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Essay: 25-years ago, I was reborn

Posted on November 26, 2018 by admin

November 6, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I had forgotten about this until I saw a reminder on my computer.

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Fox and Friends accidentally produces what could be the best discussion of Medicare-for-All

Posted on November 15, 2018 by admin

November 15, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have cut the cord and no longer get cable TV. However, the free content posted on apps lets me

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Essay: Everything you say can and will be used against you

Posted on November 11, 2018 by admin

November 10, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I keep telling people that “smart home” devices, such as Amazon’s Alexa, record everything

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Does President Trump have “heart disease” based on his Coronary Calcium Score?

Posted on October 7, 2018 by admin

January 20, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD President Trump made news this week by having his doctor, Admiral Ronny Jackson, MD, answer

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Victory for America

Posted on October 3, 2018 by admin

May 3, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD On the same day that the corrupt Democratic establishment of New York was symbolically admonished

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The NIH has turned into a source of welfare for bloated universities

Posted on October 2, 2018 by admin

September 12, 2017- Science reports, “President Donald Trump’s administration has brought a long-simmering debate over how the U.S. government supports university research

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CBS News not happy at all that cancer warning added to coffee

Posted on October 1, 2018 by admin

March 29, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have been critical of CBS News for years because they have been in bed with the coffee industry,

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The Daltrey Townshend teenage and young adult cancer center at UCLA

Posted on September 2, 2018 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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Fox News’ Tucker Carlson attempts to debate gun control with Annals of Internal Medicine Editor Christine Laine, MD

Posted on August 6, 2018 by admin

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

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Told you so: the NEJM Mediterranean diet was junk science

Posted on August 5, 2018 by admin

June 13, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD Back in 2013, I pounded the

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“You’re telling me this now?” Why the news is suddenly critical of statins and antidepressants

Posted on June 8, 2018 by admin

Opinion: February 19, 2012  By Steven Greer, MD The CBS news show “60 Minutes” made waves with a story asserting that the antidepressants

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What is Sports Medicine?

Posted on May 27, 2018 by admin

March 27, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD Larry Nassar is the disgraced former Olympic gymnastic team “doctor” who was sent away to prison

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The Trump New World Order

Posted on March 6, 2018 by admin

March 6, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD Last week, President Trump surprised the White House press corps by announcing during a meeting

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The Gluten Crazies are out of control and affecting menus in restaurants

Posted on March 2, 2018 by admin

April 26, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD I was eating at a French restaurant recently, and the waiter asked me if I had any allergies, such as “gluten”.

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Kick your smartphone app addiction in 2018

Posted on March 1, 2018 by admin

January 8, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I was one of the very earliest CrackBerry addicts in 2000. That was a term given to people constantly

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Is President Trump on amphetamines? (Yes, he is)

Posted on February 28, 2018 by admin

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

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