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Category Archives: – Policy
The best hospitals in the country are losing money. Why?
August 12, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD In the course of working on a medical book for the patient population, I just discovered this 2017 Forbes article that explains
Posted in - Policy, Cleveland Clinic, CMS, Columbia, Congress, Cornell, Harvard, NYU, Ohio State, UCLA, Univ Miami, Z Medical centers
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The 23andMe TV ads are misleading
April 22, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD
Under new leadership, Johns Hopkins creates a disaster at the Tampa children’s hospital
Dean and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine Paul Rothman December 11, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD Ranking colleges and medical centers is a futile, highly subjective, and ludicrous endeavor. Nevertheless,
Posted in - Policy, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Pediatrics
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I can’t get no satisfaction (from TAVR)
Update April 6, 2019- An expert source told us that Mick Jagger did have genuine aortic stenosis.
Posted in - Medical Devices, - Opinion, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, FDA
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Major disruption coming to hospitals in 2020
August 2, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD President Trump recently signed
A proposal to screen for mass shooters
August 5, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD President Trump today announced plans to have the Department of Justice create guidelines
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CDC, Congress, Psychology Psychiatry, Trauma Surgery
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The new CDC guidelines for prescribing opioid pain pills
June 1, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Pain pill prescriptions have quadrupled since the 1990’s as drug companies stepped up marketing and funded
Angela Merkel’s standing leg tremors
June 18, 2019- Angela Merkel seems to
Posted in Congress, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychology Psychiatry
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The MusiCorps benefit concert 2015
October 16, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed the Founder of MusiCorps, Arthur Bloom, and one of the musicians in the band,
Essay: Opioids coming through the Mexican border are a national security risk
Update January 8, 2019- President Trump quoted from this story tonight during his talk from the Ova
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, NIH, Primary care medicine, Rehab
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Daily aspirin once again proves to be of no use and also deadly
Update January 13, 2015- Yet another study was published highlighting the risks of daily aspirin.
Triple Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis
October 18, 2018- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
“Non-profit” hospital CEOs make well more than $10 million a year
June 28, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD
Essay: The real villain in the New Zealand massacre is the video game industry
March 20, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD I normally protect my soul by not watching grotesque videos. I have never seen the films of people jumping
Effects of Exposure to Gun Violence in Movies on Children’s Interest in Real Guns
September 25, 2017- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed author Brad Bushman, PhD of The Ohio State University about his JAMA paper
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
Reliable gun violence statistics
February 12, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut massacre of 20 first graders and six brave adults,