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Category Archives: – Policy
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
The 23andMe TV ads are misleading
April 22, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD
TV commercial for Boston Scientific’s Watchman A-fib device
April 23, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD
Posted in - Medical Devices, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, FDA
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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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The FDA pathway for biosimilar drug approvals
March 26, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer,
Posted in - Biotech, - Generics, FDA
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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: How Google accidentally invented surveillance capitalism
March 24, 2019- by Steven E. Greer I read a few more pages of Surveillance Capitalism (it will be a tough slog to finish this). As
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, - Reviews, books, devices, Congress, Genetics
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Triple Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis
October 18, 2018- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
TV Quack Dr. David Agus still likes daily aspirin despite heart guidelines dropping it
March 23, 2019
Posted in - Pharma, Cardiology, CDC, FDA, Oncology
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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.
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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Atul Gawande’s surgical checklist fails in real world study
March 15, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD In 2009, Atul Gawande, MD, MPH and his large international team published in the New England
Posted in - Policy, General surgery, Harvard
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Google wants your medical records
December 19, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD In Part 3 of our interview with Robert Klitzman, MD, ethics professor at Columbia University,
Google’s Larry Page wants your medical records to be public for “research”
March 20, 2014-By Steven E. Greer, MD Charlie Rose interviewed Google founder Larry Page at the 2014 TED conference. During the talk, Mr.
Posted in - Biotech, - Medical Devices, - Opinion, Congress, Genetics
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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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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
President-elect Trump adopts plan by The Healthcare Channel to bring back drug manufacturing jobs
September 4, 2010- by Steven Greer, MD The Commissioner of the FDA, Margaret Hamburg, could become the single biggest job creator
Brigham and Women’s Hospital engages in bizarre PR campaign for daily aspirin
April 21, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, part of the Harvard University network of hospitals,
Posted in - Policy, Cardiology, Harvard, Neurology, Oncology
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Don Berwick, MD: Waste in the American Healthcare System
Dr. Berwick, former Director of CMS and former President and CEO of IHI, discusses the percentage
Posted in CMS, Congress, Harvard
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