Category Archives: Congress

Industry conflicts arise at PCORI threatening any real comparative effectiveness research

Posted on February 10, 2019 by admin

February 7, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD The Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) was created by the PPACA “ObamaCare” law in 2010.

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Essay: The Sad State of Affairs for American Medicine Primary Care

Posted on February 1, 2019 by admin

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

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Essay: The Silos of American Healthcare Stifle Communication Between Providers

Posted on December 19, 2018 by admin

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

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Essay: Everything you say can and will be used against you

Posted on December 18, 2018 by admin

November 10, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I keep telling people that “smart home” devices, such as Amazon’s Alexa, record everything

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Is polio making a comeback?

Posted on December 12, 2018 by admin

Update November 13, 2018- Parents of children who died from this “polio-like” illness are accusing the

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How pain pills almost killed my mother after elective knee surgery

Posted on November 30, 2018 by admin

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

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Fox and Friends accidentally produces what could be the best discussion of Medicare-for-All

Posted on November 15, 2018 by admin

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

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Victory for America

Posted on October 3, 2018 by admin

May 3, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD On the same day that the corrupt Democratic establishment of New York was symbolically admonished

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The NIH has turned into a source of welfare for bloated universities

Posted on October 2, 2018 by admin

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

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CBS News not happy at all that cancer warning added to coffee

Posted on October 1, 2018 by admin

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,

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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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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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Did Hillary Clinton really faint from “dehydration” or does she have a chronic neurological condition?

Posted on February 24, 2018 by admin

September 12, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD Once again, the Hillary Clinton campaign is on defense after another health scare from their

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Oh my god, I have a disease!

Posted on February 21, 2018 by admin

March 21, 2014- This DTC TV drug ad medicalizing a non-disease really struck us as egregious

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US Senator calls for transparency in medical device pricing

Posted on February 14, 2018 by admin
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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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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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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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How ADHD became such a prevalent condition

Posted on December 11, 2017 by admin

October 7, 2009- interviewed by Steven E. Greer Authors of “ADHD: medicating children”, Rick Mayes and Catherine Bagwell, discuss the history of ADHD

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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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