Category Archives: Z Medical centers

Under new leadership, Johns Hopkins creates a disaster at the Tampa children’s hospital

Posted on February 2, 2019 by admin

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,

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Effects of Spaceflight on Astronaut Brain Structure as Indicated on MRI

Posted on February 2, 2019 by admin

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

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Review of immunotherapy and targeted therapy

Posted on January 5, 2019 by admin

June 17, 2016- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Siwen Hu-Lieskovan MD, PhD of UCLA, an expert with immunotherapies for melanoma, to go over the

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Insurance companies are not paying for Repatha and Praluent

Posted on December 15, 2018 by admin

Update November 2, 2018- Amgen slashed the annual cost of this drug to $6,000.

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The Deans of Johns Hopkins and Miami discuss ACO’s

Posted on December 11, 2018 by admin

February 28, 2011- By Steven E Greer, MD Dean Miller of Johns Hopkins and Dean Goldschmidt of Miami discuss accountable care organizations,

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Ocrelizumab (Ocrevus) versus Placebo in Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Posted on December 1, 2018 by admin

January 31, 2017- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

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Pembrolizumab as Second-Line Therapy for Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma

Posted on December 1, 2018 by admin

February 27, 2017- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Joaquim Bellmunt, MD, PhD, the Director of the Bladder Cancer Center at Dana-Farber,

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The Miami Summit on Healthcare Spending Reduction

Posted on November 29, 2018 by admin

June 29, 2010 Produced and interviewed by Steven Greer, MD The Healthcare Channel and The University of Miami Health System hosted a roundtable discussion

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Book Review: Fat Chance by Robert H. Lustig, MD

Posted on October 25, 2018 by admin

February 9, 2013- by Steven E. Greer, MD How did our ancient ancestors evolve from being pure meat eating carnivore hunters into grain fed

Posted in - Reviews, books, devices, Bariatric surgery, FDA, Gastroenterology and liver, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Primary care medicine, UC San Francisco | Leave a comment

Does President Trump have “heart disease” based on his Coronary Calcium Score?

Posted on October 7, 2018 by admin

January 20, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD President Trump made news this week by having his doctor, Admiral Ronny Jackson, MD, answer

Posted in - NEJM, - Opinion, - Policy, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, CDC, Emory, Internal Medicine, Neurosurgery, NIH | Leave a comment

Is Vitamin-D deficiency overdiagnosed?

Posted on September 25, 2018 by admin

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 | Leave a comment

The Daltrey Townshend teenage and young adult cancer center at UCLA

Posted on September 2, 2018 by admin

May 4, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer More than 20 years ago, Roger Daltrey began forming special cancer units in the UK to treat patients in their teenage

Posted in - Opinion, Oncology, Rehab, UCLA | Leave a comment

KIT inhibition by Gleevec (imatinib) for severe asthma

Posted on September 1, 2018 by admin

May 26, 2017- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Novartis’ Gleevec (imatinib) was approved in the U.S. in 2001 to treat leukemia. Now, researchers

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Antoni Ribas, MD discusses cancer drugs targeting the PD1 signaling pathways

Posted on September 1, 2018 by admin

March 19, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD The upcoming ASCO meeting will be dominated by numerous presentations relating to new

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Selective publication of positive trials on antidepressants

Posted on June 8, 2018 by admin

January 7, 2008- Interviewed and produced by Steven Greer, MD Erick Turner, MD, psychiatrist at Oregon Health and Science University and former FDA medical

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Violent video games and aggressive behavior

Posted on May 1, 2018 by admin

March 30, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD A recent JAMA paper connects the dots between violent video games and aggressive behavior.

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The Gluten Crazies are out of control and affecting menus in restaurants

Posted on March 2, 2018 by admin

April 26, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD I was eating at a French restaurant recently, and the waiter asked me if I had any allergies, such as “gluten”.

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