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Category Archives: – Policy
Quarantining Ebola caregivers arriving from Africa is the right thing to do
https://youtu.be/CpGhHePi_MQ Update November 6, 2014- Despite more than 80% of responders in various polls feeling
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Congress, Infectious disease
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What you need to know about ISIS
October 29, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD I saw the most recent episode of the PBS show Frontline that explained how ISIS rose to power. I was alarmed to learn that this is a very real and local threat, … Continue reading
Posted in - Policy, Congress
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The NEJM editorial board blew it on anti-quarantine Ebola essay
October 28, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Jeffrey Drazen and the other editors of the New England Journal of Medicine rushed out an opinion
Posted in - NEJM, - Opinion, - Policy, Infectious disease
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The Dallas hospital administrators who botched Ebola were likely criminals, not just incompetent
October 19, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD The mainstream media has correctly reported on the numerous missteps made by the Dallas
Posted in - Opinion, CDC, Infectious disease
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Cutting through the hype surrounding gluten
October 19, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Did you know that one out of three Americans think that they are “gluten intolerant”. Of those 100
Posted in - NEJM, - Policy, Gastroenterology and liver, Pediatrics
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Will President Hillary Clinton end fee-for-service?
September 22, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD At the recent cardiology trade show called the TCT, held in Washington, DC, 2016 presidential
Posted in - Policy, CMS, Congress
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Has the ACA law begun to reduce the uninsured, and at what cost?
July 27, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Ben Sommers, MD PhD, from the Harvard School of Public Health has a new article in the NEJM
Posted in CMS, Congress, Harvard
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NEJM letter casts doubt on original Gawande checklist paper
June 11, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD When the recent Canadian studied published in the NEJM failed to show any benefit from
Posted in - Policy, CMS, General surgery, Harvard
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Occluding the left atrial appendage to prevent stroke in A-fib
May 17, 2014- Thromboembolic stroke caused by atrial fibrillation is the primary reason patients are placed
Posted in - Medical Devices, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, FDA, Henry Ford
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The FDA’s new Breakthrough status for new drug applications
May 24, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Janet Woodcock, MD,
Posted in - Pharma, FDA
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FDA official, William Maisel, pleads guilty to crime, keeps job
April 24, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD In July of 2012, the New York Times reported on an FDA scandal of the agency spying on internal
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How many stent cases does it take to bill Medicare for $18 Million?
April 9, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD The release of data by Medicare showing what each doctor earns from billing CMS is making news for
Posted in Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, CMS, Congress
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The ACC seems to support dangerous energy drinks
March 6, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD The Maryland State Assembly will begin debate on a bill to regulate “energy drinks”, such as those
Posted in - Policy, Cardiology
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The serious adverse events caused by topical testoserone
March 1, 2014
Posted in - Pharma, Dermatology, Diabetes and endocrinology, FDA
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FDA investigated by congress for spying on whistleblowers
Update February 26, 2014- Senator Grassley convened an oversight hearing in the senate, and also
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The FDA discusses Brilinta
February 4, 2014- The WSJ is reporting today on a Johns Hopkins doctor who filed a federal
Posted in - Pharma, Cardiology, FDA
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Why the lack of outrage over smoking depicted in film and television?
January 20, 2014 To Senators Dick Durbin, Richard Blumenthal, Sherrod Brown, and Edward Markey
Posted in - Opinion, Congress, FDA
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Alex Rodriguez’s PED schedule
January 12, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD CBS’s “60 Minutes” interviewed the man, Anthony Bosch, claiming to have been the pseudo-doctor
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, Congress, Diabetes and endocrinology
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Twitter interview with banned-for-life Wall Street tech analyst Henry Blodget
January 11, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Disgraced Wall Street sell-side technology sector analyst, Henry Blodget, who was banned for life by
Posted in - Opinion, Congress
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Harvard professors feel the impact in their pocketbooks of the ACA law that they helped pass
Update January 5, 2014- This is now being reported in the New York Times, two-months after our reporting.
Posted in - Opinion, CMS, Harvard
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