Category Archives: – Opinion

“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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NBC begins alarming new series to promote the diagnosis of “mental illness” in children

Posted on February 24, 2018 by admin

December 11, 2017

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HBO’s John Oliver devotes 16-minutes on the Dr. Oz senate hearing

Posted on February 9, 2018 by admin
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Apple, Google, and Amazon need to make their own hospitals

Posted on January 30, 2018 by admin

Update February 27, 2018- Well, they used my idea from two-years ago. Amazon, Warren Buffet,

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Google’s Larry Page wants your medical records to be public for “research”

Posted on January 28, 2018 by admin

March 20, 2014-By Steven E. Greer, MD Charlie Rose interviewed Google founder Larry Page at the 2014 TED conference. During the talk, Mr.

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Football head injuries down after rules change

Posted on January 19, 2018 by admin

Update January 20, 2015- The PBS news show Frontline has been tracking the number

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Steve Bannon and the epidemic of Baby Boomers with mental illness

Posted on January 5, 2018 by admin

January 5, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD President Trump made news yesterday by issuing a statement firing back at Steve Bannon for allegations

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What Steve Jobs would have invented if he had lived longer

Posted on January 4, 2018 by admin

Update January 29, 2014- Apple posted Q4 earnings so big that they are incomprehensible.

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The super shady methods of pricing generic drugs in America: case study- Sildenafil

Posted on January 4, 2018 by admin

May 15, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD The last I read, Teva and Mylan were not supposed to launch their approved generic of Viagra (sildenafil)

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What 1982’s Blade Runner got right about 2019

Posted on January 4, 2018 by admin

September 3, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD I watched again the 1982 classic Blade Runner. Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford,

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Told you so: The White House Press Office Is In Chaos

Posted on January 2, 2018 by admin

August 16, 2017- The White Announced that Hope Hicks will be the interim communications director.

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A modern medical wonder finishes second in the U.S. Open golf tournament

Posted on January 2, 2018 by admin

June 15, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD 34-year-old Erik Compton finished tied for second in the United States Open golf tournament.

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Avoid ER’s attached to tertiary care hospitals

Posted on January 2, 2018 by admin

August 17, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD

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Google wants your DNA now (Not just with 23andMe)

Posted on November 26, 2017 by admin

Opinion December 17, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD The Wall Street Journal published an article explaining how the pharmaceutical industry data mines

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2017 is the Year of the Woman

Posted on November 19, 2017 by admin

November 19, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD I am actually surprised at the level of controversy that the Senator Al Franken groping picture has created.

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