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Category Archives: Z Medical centers
The best hospitals in the country are losing money. Why?
August 12, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD In the course of working on a medical book for the patient population, I just discovered this 2017 Forbes article that explains
Posted in - Policy, Cleveland Clinic, CMS, Columbia, Congress, Cornell, Harvard, NYU, Ohio State, UCLA, Univ Miami, Z Medical centers
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Triple Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis
October 18, 2018- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
The Who’s Teen Cancer Lounge at Sloan Kettering opens
March 18, 2016- by Steven E. Greer MD The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center held a press day for its new teen lounge
Posted in Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Oncology
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The MusiCorps benefit concert 2015
October 16, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed the Founder of MusiCorps, Arthur Bloom, and one of the musicians in the band,
Under new leadership, Johns Hopkins creates a disaster at the Tampa children’s hospital
Dean and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine Paul Rothman December 11, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD Ranking colleges and medical centers is a futile, highly subjective, and ludicrous endeavor. Nevertheless,
Posted in - Policy, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Pediatrics
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Effects of Spaceflight on Astronaut Brain Structure as Indicated on MRI
November 22, 2017 – Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Donna Roberts, MD of the Medical University of South Carolina about her NEJM paper
How did a small academic lab succeed where big medical device companies failed?
July 5, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD The New England Journal of Medicine recently published the early clinical data on the “bionic pancreas”
Crystalloid “Balanced Lactated Ringer’s” IV solution is safer to the kidneys
March 1, 2018- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Vanderbilt’s Todd Rice, MD about his NEJM papers that showed crystalloid, or
Posted in - NEJM, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Emergency medicine, General surgery, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology, Orthopedic surgery, Pediatrics, Plastic surgery, Sports medicine, Trauma Surgery, Urology, Vanderbilt, Vascular Surgery
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BRAF and MEK combos for melanoma
Update October 1, 2015- The FDA approved the use of two drugs, Opdivo and Yervoy, to treat metastatic melanoma, as we first discussed with Dr. Ribas last year.
Posted in - Biotech, - Pharma, Oncology, UCLA
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What is Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s prognosis?
December 21, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburd underwent surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Selective publication of positive trials on antidepressants
January 7, 2008- Interviewed and produced by Steven Greer, MD Erick Turner, MD, psychiatrist at Oregon Health and Science University and former FDA medical
Catheter approaches for mitral replacement
March 23, 2014- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD With catheter based methods for replacing the aorta valve not being adopted as expected, the
Posted in - Medical Devices, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Henry Ford
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Atul Gawande’s surgical checklist fails in real world study
March 15, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD In 2009, Atul Gawande, MD, MPH and his large international team published in the New England
Posted in - Policy, General surgery, Harvard
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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,
Apple, Google, and Amazon need to make their own hospitals
Update February 27, 2018- Well, they used my idea from two-years ago. Amazon, Warren Buffet,
Posted in - Medical Devices, - Opinion, CMS, Congress, Z Medical centers
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital engages in bizarre PR campaign for daily aspirin
April 21, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, part of the Harvard University network of hospitals,
Posted in - Policy, Cardiology, Harvard, Neurology, Oncology
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Don Berwick, MD: Waste in the American Healthcare System
Dr. Berwick, former Director of CMS and former President and CEO of IHI, discusses the percentage
Posted in CMS, Congress, Harvard
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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