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Category Archives: – Opinion
Google wants your DNA now (Not just with 23andMe)
Opinion December 17, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD The Wall Street Journal published an article explaining how the pharmaceutical industry data mines
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, FDA, Genetics
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Apple, Google, and Amazon need to make their own hospitals
Update February 27, 2018- Well, they used my idea from two-years ago. Amazon, Warren Buffet,
Posted in - Medical Devices, - Opinion, CMS, Congress, Z Medical centers
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The secret agenda of Neocons: Supporting the corrupt status quo in healthcare
January 29, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD Kamala Harris announced her run for president. She gave a town hall talk laying out her platform.
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CMS, Congress
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The deadly risks of TAVR being downplayed to patients by hospitals
January 18, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD On July 20th, 2011, the FDA convened an advisory committee to help it determine whether to
Posted in - Medical Devices, - Opinion, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, FDA
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Big Time College Sports is not the worst thing about American universities
January 10, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD I was chuckling at an irrelevant essay in the NY Post complaining about how college football
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Congress
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Industry conflicts arise at PCORI threatening any real comparative effectiveness research
February 7, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD The Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) was created by the PPACA “ObamaCare” law in 2010.
Posted in - Medical Devices, - Opinion, - Pharma, CMS, Congress, Yale
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Essay: The Sad State of Affairs for American Medicine Primary Care
December 26, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I am so saddened by the state of our profession. I have been in different industries and unaware
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CMS, Congress, Primary care medicine
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The Year in Review: 2018
December 29, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD The biggest stories this year related
Essay: The Silos of American Healthcare Stifle Communication Between Providers
December 19, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have a clinical practice that treats chronic conditions, among other things. I recently ran across a
Posted in - Opinion, CMS, Congress
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Essay: Everything you say can and will be used against you
November 10, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I keep telling people that “smart home” devices, such as Amazon’s Alexa, record everything
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Congress
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How pain pills almost killed my mother after elective knee surgery
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
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, Orthopedic surgery, Plastic surgery
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Essay: 25-years ago, I was reborn
November 6, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I had forgotten about this until I saw a reminder on my computer.
Posted in - Opinion, Trauma Surgery
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Fox and Friends accidentally produces what could be the best discussion of Medicare-for-All
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
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CMS, Congress
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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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Victory for America
May 3, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD On the same day that the corrupt Democratic establishment of New York was symbolically admonished
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Congress
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The NIH has turned into a source of welfare for bloated universities
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
Posted in - Opinion, Congress, NIH
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CBS News not happy at all that cancer warning added to coffee
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,
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Congress, Oncology
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The Daltrey Townshend teenage and young adult cancer center at UCLA
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
Posted in - Opinion, Oncology, Rehab, UCLA
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Told you so: the NEJM Mediterranean diet was junk science
June 13, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD Back in 2013, I pounded the
Posted in - NEJM, - Opinion, Cardiology, Primary care medicine
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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