Category Archives: – Policy

What is Sports Medicine?

Posted on May 27, 2018 by admin

March 27, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD Larry Nassar is the disgraced former Olympic gymnastic team “doctor” who was sent away to prison

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The Lotus TAVR valve recall

Posted on March 31, 2018 by admin

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

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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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Is President Trump on amphetamines? (Yes, he is)

Posted on February 28, 2018 by admin

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

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Bending the cost curve of cancer care

Posted on February 26, 2018 by admin

May 25, 2011- Since the approval of Genentech’s costly Avastin in 2004, prominent oncologists have warned that

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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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Football head injuries down after rules change

Posted on January 19, 2018 by admin

Update January 20, 2015- The PBS news show Frontline has been tracking the number

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Increasing rates of double mastectomies in early stage breast cancer

Posted on January 15, 2018 by admin

November 22, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD David P. Winchester MD, Medical Director of Cancer Programs for the American College of Surgeons,

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The serious adverse events caused by antipsychotics

Posted on January 13, 2018 by admin

February 1, 2014

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Steve Bannon and the epidemic of Baby Boomers with mental illness

Posted on January 5, 2018 by admin

January 5, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD President Trump made news yesterday by issuing a statement firing back at Steve Bannon for allegations

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CT-scan screening for heart disease fails to show benefit

Posted on January 5, 2018 by admin

March 23, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed the Principal Investigator of the PROMISE trial, Pamela Douglas, MD from Duke.

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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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Avoid ER’s attached to tertiary care hospitals

Posted on January 2, 2018 by admin

August 17, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD

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CDER Director Janet Woodcock on new drug safety strategies

Posted on January 2, 2018 by admin

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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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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