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Category Archives: Primary care medicine
Essay: Opioids coming through the Mexican border are a national security risk
Update January 8, 2019- President Trump quoted from this story tonight during his talk from the Ova
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, NIH, Primary care medicine, Rehab
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Daily aspirin once again proves to be of no use and also deadly
Update January 13, 2015- Yet another study was published highlighting the risks of daily aspirin.
Effects of Exposure to Gun Violence in Movies on Children’s Interest in Real Guns
September 25, 2017- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed author Brad Bushman, PhD of The Ohio State University about his JAMA paper
Why are suicide rates increasing along with increased usage of antidepressants?
June 8, 2018- Fox News’ Tucker Carlson interviewed author Johan Hari about his book Lost Connections and the
Posted in - Pharma, - Policy, CDC, FDA, Neurology, Primary care medicine, Psychology Psychiatry
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Celiac disease is not reduced by breast feeding or delaying the introduction of gluten
October 19, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Alessio Fasano, MD of Harvard discusses his 10-year-long study in children testing whether the
Essay: The Sad State of Affairs for American Medicine Primary Care
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
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CMS, Congress, Primary care medicine
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Insurance companies are not paying for Repatha and Praluent
Update November 2, 2018- Amgen slashed the annual cost of this drug to $6,000.
Is polio making a comeback?
Update November 13, 2018- Parents of children who died from this “polio-like” illness are accusing the
Is Vitamin-D deficiency overdiagnosed?
November 8, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham
Posted in - NEJM, - Policy, CDC, Diabetes and endocrinology, FDA, Harvard, Primary care medicine
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Told you so: the NEJM Mediterranean diet was junk science
June 13, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD Back in 2013, I pounded the
Posted in - NEJM, - Opinion, Cardiology, Primary care medicine
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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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Did Hillary Clinton really faint from “dehydration” or does she have a chronic neurological condition?
September 12, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD Once again, the Hillary Clinton campaign is on defense after another health scare from their
Hormone replacement therapy is safe and effective after all
November 14, 2017- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed JoAnn Manson, MD, DrPH about her JAMA paper that followed the cohorts in
Football head injuries down after rules change
Update January 20, 2015- The PBS news show Frontline has been tracking the number
How ADHD became such a prevalent condition
October 7, 2009- interviewed by Steven E. Greer Authors of “ADHD: medicating children”, Rick Mayes and Catherine Bagwell, discuss the history of ADHD
Review: Walk-in urgent care centers are the way to go
January 6, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD A patient asked for my help yesterday with a sinus infection that was lingering. I referred him to
New treatment paradigm for C. Diff colitis
March 31, 2010- Produced and interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD New drugs