Category Archives: – Opinion

All of a sudden, gadgets from Sci-Fi movies are a reality

October 4, 2014- by Steven E. Greer, MD These electric unicycles, and other designs like them, are now only $300, thanks to factories

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Stephen Colbert mocks the new “female viagra” flibanserin

September 20, 2015- Well, the real CBS news did an atrocious job covering this story, so the fake newsman

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Actavis 1000% drug price hike: a case for healthcare reform

Update September 21, 2015- The Healthcare Channel was the first to report in 2009 on the business strategy of acquiring cheap generic drugs, cornering the market, then raising

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Thoughts on the golf swing

https://youtu.be/iaJOLCK8ns8 August 18, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD I thought that Tiger Woods, in his prime, was playing the best golf that a human could possibly play.

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta caught exaggerating his surgical exploits

July 9, 2015– CNN’s fame-seeking Dr. Gupta has been caught exaggerating his “life-saving” surgical exploits. Like fellow TV-doctors, such as Dr. Oz and Dr. Snyderman, this TV doctor

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Dr. Oz “Lose 20 lbs in 14 days”

May 24, 2015- We spotted this egregious quackery in the Rite Aid pharmacy.

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Astronaut and Senator John Glenn suffers stroke after TAVR

May 14, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD Stroke is the bane of TAVR. In the Edwards Lifesciences Sapien valve, stroke rates exceed 10%.

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Tiger Woods’ career ended after he bulked up

https://youtu.be/tyQc66iTaOo April 10, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD Ten years ago, Tiger Woods hit one of the most memorable shots in golf when he chipped in a birdie on

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The PCSK9 LDL drugs do not cut heart risk in half

March 18, 2015- Op-Ed by Steven E. Greer, MD The American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting is underway, and the main Late Breaking data

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The Anthem hack reminds us how electronic medical record security is not ready for prime time

February 5, 2015- Op-ED by Steven E. Greer, MD The large health insurance company now called Anthem, formerly known as WellPoint (which owns

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Review: Super Bowl 49: Two bad teams with a bad outcome

February 2, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD Super Bowl 49 has left a bad taste in the mouths of most viewers. The winner, the New England Patriots,

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Ezekiel Emanuel pens essay urging Americans to skip the annual physical exam with their doctor

January 9, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, the brother of former White House Chief of Staff Rahm, and of Hollywood

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Half of Dr. Oz’s medical advice is baseless or wrong, study says

December 19, 2014- The Washington Post reports, “And now, his work has come under even greater scrutiny

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Bill O’Reilly’s flagrantly sexist comments about Senator Elizabeth Warren

December 16, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD As cable TV ratings fall across the board, and Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly ages and loses his foothold

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The police need better tools for subduing the mentally insane other than bullets

December 9, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD All across the country, for the last several weeks, organized protests of thousands of people

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CEO’s of “Non-profit” hospitals rake in millions

December 7, 2014- The NY Post reports the list of multi-million-dollar salaries enjoyed by CEO’s of the major

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Uber, better and cheaper, poised to put yellow taxis out of business

November 27, 2014- By Steven E. Greer The biggest quality of life problem for New Yorkers is transportation (or perhaps high housing costs).

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Lethal force in Ferguson was unnecessary, yet few lessons seem to have been learned

November 26, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD There are huge problems with most police forces in this country. However, despite all of the riots

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Most people have insurance not yet impacted by Obamacare

November 21, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD With so much news in the national press focusing on the Obamacare exchanges and new healthcare

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