Category Archives: Harvard

Letter to the Dean of Harvard medical school about conflicts of interest

Posted on September 30, 2016 by admin

Jeffrey Flier, MD, Dean, Harvard School of Medicine

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A second blow to Atul Gawande (and Obamacare)

Posted on March 15, 2016 by admin

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

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A proposal to make the Social History more robust and proactive

Posted on October 2, 2014 by admin

October 2, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Joseph Rhatigan, MD of Harvard Medical School published a paper in the NEJM proposing

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Has the ACA law begun to reduce the uninsured, and at what cost?

Posted on July 27, 2014 by admin

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

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Single-pill combo regimens for HIV

Posted on July 3, 2014 by admin

July 28, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Rajesh Tim Gandhi, MD of the Massachusetts General Hospital discusses the NEJM review paper

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NEJM letter casts doubt on original Gawande checklist paper

Posted on June 11, 2014 by admin

June 11, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD When the recent Canadian studied published in the NEJM failed to show any benefit from

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Harvard professors feel the impact in their pocketbooks of the ACA law that they helped pass

Posted on January 5, 2014 by admin

Update January 5, 2014- This is now being reported in the New York Times, two-months after our reporting.

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Reasons for permanent slowdowns in healthcare spending growth

Posted on May 17, 2013 by admin

May 17, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Since 2010,

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How Boston medical centers prepare for unconventional weapon attacks

Posted on May 3, 2013 by admin

May 3, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Paul Biddinger, MD, Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, Massachusetts General

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How Boston medical centers prepare for unconventional weapon attacks

Posted on May 3, 2013 by admin

May 3, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

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Questionable comments by Atul Gawande after the Boston Marathon bombings

Posted on April 20, 2013 by admin

April 20, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD Only two days after the April 15th Boston Marathon terrorist bombings, Harvard surgeon Atul

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The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation panel

Posted on March 8, 2013 by admin

March 8, 2013  By Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed three of the oncologists and industry executives who spoke at the Damon Runyon

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Paul Richardson, MD: Three-drug regimen for multiple myeloma

Posted on December 15, 2010 by admin

December 15, 2015 Dr. Paul Richardson of Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute reviews the recent Lancet article

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Benjamin Sommers, MD PhD: the challenges of expanding Medicaid

Posted on November 23, 2010 by admin

November 23, 2010- Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD Under the ACA health insurance reform laws, approximately 16 million new Medicaid patients

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Will more Medicaid patients stress the system financially?

Posted on November 23, 2010 by admin

November 23, 2010- Interviewed by Steven Greer MD Under the ACA health insurance reform laws, approximately 16 million new Medicaid patients

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Early palliative care improves outcomes in lung cancer patients

Posted on August 30, 2010 by admin

August 30, 2010- Produced and interviewed by Steven Greer, MD A group from Harvard published a paper in The NEJM that showed early initiation of palliative

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Will healthcare spending really continue at its current pace?

Posted on December 9, 2009 by admin

December 9, 2009- Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD The consensus among government budget forecasters such as the CBO is that the current growth

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