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Category Archives: – Policy
The Biggest Healthcare Stories of 2016
December 26, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD for The Healthcare Channel Policy changes dominated the 2016 year in healthcare news. There were few important new drug
Posted in - Biotech, - Generics, - Medical Devices, - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, - The Weekly Summary, CMS, FDA
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The Biggest stories of 2015
December 31, 2015- by Steven E. Nike Roshe Run Femme Greer, MD 2015 was the year of ISIS. The radical jihadist group started the year with an attack in France,
Robert De Niro gives credibility to vaccine truthers
Update March 27, 2016- Less than 24-hours after our story, this film has been pulled from the lineup. It was our story that got the heads of
Posted in - Pharma, - Reviews, books, devices, CDC, FDA, NIH, Pediatrics, Primary care medicine
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NY Times reports that CMMI “research” is junk science
February 3, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD The Healthcare Channel was the first to report in 2012 that the new CMMI, created by the ACA “
Posted in CMS, Congress
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Letter to the Dean of Harvard medical school about conflicts of interest
Jeffrey Flier, MD, Dean, Harvard School of Medicine
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Harvard
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Doctors complain to Columbia about Dr. Oz
https://youtu.be/bqihqFTyyfw Update April 21, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD As a direct result of our posting of the letter, below, the New York Times then national TV news
Posted in - Opinion, Cardiac surgery, Columbia, Congress
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CBS promotes outrageous pro-coffee research, again
Update May 8, 2016- HBO’s John Oliver focused on this problem of TV news misrepresenting the
A second blow to Atul Gawande (and Obamacare)
December 15, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD Atul Gawande, MD, a surgeon working at one of the Harvard affiliated hospitals, wrote an influential essay in the
President Obama’s legacy is one of an administration that handles crisis by denial
March 23, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD On March 22nd, yet another major ISIS attack took place in Brussels, Belgium. A few hours later,
Man who oversaw one of the biggest academic research frauds in medical history is poised to become the next FDA Commissioner
Update February 7, 2016- Key senators, including Bernie Sanders, are now threatening to filibuster
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Cardiology, FDA, NIH
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American state-sponsored media
January 4, 2016- by Steven E. Greer The American media is becoming as bad as Russian state-sponsored media, literally. The national
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Congress
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You can now buy “medical marijuana” in New York
January 7, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD The medical marijuana dispensaries in New York are now open. However, you might be disappointed.
Posted in Congress, Psychology Psychiatry
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Are the new PCSK9 cholesterol lowering drugs worth the high cost?
December 16, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
Posted in - Biotech, - NEJM, - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, Cardiology, CMS, FDA
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Why are Google, Facebook, and Twitter allowed to promote ISIS?
Update November 19, 2015- The mastermind of the ISIS attacks on Paris, Abdelhamid Abaaoud,
Posted in - Opinion, Congress
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The similarities between Cuba and Syria
November 18, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD I watched a PBS documentary of Fidel Castro called The Fidel Castro Tapes. The similarities
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Congress
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All of a sudden, gadgets from Sci-Fi movies are a reality
October 4, 2014- by Steven E. Greer, MD These electric unicycles, and other designs like them, are now only $300, thanks to factories
Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, could be the Bernie Madoff of the drug industry
September 22, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD Making national news today was Martin Shkreli, the baby-faced, greasy-haired, disheveled-looking
Posted in - Biotech, - Pharma, Congress, FDA
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Stephen Colbert mocks the new “female viagra” flibanserin
September 20, 2015- Well, the real CBS news did an atrocious job covering this story, so the fake newsman
Actavis 1000% drug price hike: a case for healthcare reform
Update September 21, 2015- The Healthcare Channel was the first to report in 2009 on the business strategy of acquiring cheap generic drugs, cornering the market, then raising
Posted in - Biotech, - Generics, - Opinion, - Policy, CMS, Congress, FDA, Infectious disease
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta caught exaggerating his surgical exploits
July 9, 2015– CNN’s fame-seeking Dr. Gupta has been caught exaggerating his “life-saving” surgical exploits. Like fellow TV-doctors, such as Dr. Oz and Dr. Snyderman, this TV doctor
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Emory
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