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Category Archives: FDA
Newsmax discussion of The Medical Advocate
October 14, 2019- This is my appearance today on Newsmax.
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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“You’re telling me this now?” Why the news is suddenly critical of statins and antidepressants
Opinion: February 19, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD The CBS news show “60 Minutes” made waves with a story asserting that the antidepressants
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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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 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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Review: “The Bleeding Edge” documentary on unsafe medical devices
November 1, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD The Netflix 2018 documentary “The Bleeding Edge” reviews modern cases of medical devices
Posted in - Medical Devices, - Reviews, books, devices, FDA
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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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An emerging safety problem for TAVR patients
March 16, 2017- produced and interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed William O’Neill, MD, one of the first to implant a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) valve. The products have been approved by the FDA for several years, … Continue reading
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The Lotus TAVR valve recall
March 16, 2017- produced and interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed William O’Neill, MD, one of the first to implant a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Posted in - Medical Devices, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, FDA
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Is President Trump on amphetamines? (Yes, he is)
Update January 16, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD President Trump’s doctor confirms my diagnosis made in the story below, which was that the slurred
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, FDA, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Primary care medicine, Rehab
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NBC begins alarming new series to promote the diagnosis of “mental illness” in children
December 11, 2017
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, Neurology, Neurosurgery, NIH, Pediatrics, Primary care medicine, Psychology Psychiatry, Rehab
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Oh my god, I have a disease!
March 21, 2014- This DTC TV drug ad medicalizing a non-disease really struck us as egregious
Posted in - Pharma, Congress, FDA
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The serious adverse events caused by antipsychotics
February 1, 2014
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The super shady methods of pricing generic drugs in America: case study- Sildenafil
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)
Posted in - Generics, - Opinion, - Pharma, CMS, Congress, FDA
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CDER Director Janet Woodcock on new drug safety strategies
November 16, 2010- by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Dr. Janet Woodcock, long-time Director of CDER, the FDA center responsible
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The 23andMe home genetics test kit controversy
December 19, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
Posted in Columbia, FDA, Genetics, NIH, Oncology, Psychology Psychiatry
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