BRAF and MEK combos for melanoma

Posted on September 18, 2019 by admin

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. Continue reading →

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What is Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s prognosis?

Posted on September 18, 2019 by admin

December 21, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburd underwent surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Continue reading →

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Steven E. Greer, MD, on CNBC discussing antidepressants

Posted on September 17, 2019 by admin

June 8, 2018– In the news recently are the suicide deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain. Continue reading →

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“Non-profit” hospital CEOs make well more than $10 million a year

Posted on August 11, 2019 by admin

June 28, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

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Essay: The real villain in the New Zealand massacre is the video game industry

Posted on August 5, 2019 by admin

March 20, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

I normally protect my soul by not watching grotesque videos. I have never seen the films of people jumping Continue reading →

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Effects of Exposure to Gun Violence in Movies on Children’s Interest in Real Guns

Posted on August 5, 2019 by admin

September 25, 2017- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed author Brad Bushman, PhD of The Ohio State University about his JAMA paper Continue reading →

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Fox News’ Tucker Carlson attempts to debate gun control with Annals of Internal Medicine Editor Christine Laine, MD

Posted on August 5, 2019 by admin

March 6, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

The puppets of the NRA on Fox News react predictably after each mass shooting in a school or Continue reading →

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IOM report on CDC gun violence research

Posted on August 5, 2019 by admin

June 5, 2013

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Reliable gun violence statistics

Posted on August 5, 2019 by admin

Newtown kid victimsFebruary 12, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD

In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut massacre of 20 first graders and six brave adults, Continue reading →

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Selective publication of positive trials on antidepressants

Posted on August 5, 2019 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 Continue reading →

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“You’re telling me this now?” Why the news is suddenly critical of statins and antidepressants

Posted on August 5, 2019 by admin

Opinion: February 19, 2012  By Steven Greer, MD

The CBS news show “60 Minutes” made waves with a story asserting that the antidepressants Continue reading →

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Did antidepressants cause the Germanwings pilot to commit suicide and mass homicide?

Posted on August 5, 2019 by admin

Germanwings-debrisMarch 30, 2015- Opinion by Steven E. Greer, MD

The facts are now becoming known in the Germanwings Flight 9525. The co-pilot, 27-year-old Andreas Lubitz, was being Continue reading →

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Hospital lobbyists launch attack on Medicare-For-All plans

Posted on August 1, 2019 by admin

August 1, 2019

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TV commercial for Boston Scientific’s Watchman A-fib device

Posted on July 30, 2019 by admin

April 23, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Holmes uses a fake low voice to be taken seriously

Posted on July 30, 2019 by admin

April 20, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD Continue reading →

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Why Americans should care deeply about the loss of freedom in other countries

Posted on July 26, 2019 by admin

June 9, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Making the news today is how a Canadian man was actually arrested for the crime of grossly Continue reading →

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Essay: How Google accidentally invented surveillance capitalism

Posted on June 1, 2019 by admin

March 24, 2019- by Steven E. Greer

I read a few more pages of Surveillance Capitalism (it will be a tough slog to finish this). As Continue reading →

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The Real Reason College Tuition Costs So Much

Posted on June 1, 2019 by admin

chart-of-university-growthApril 5, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD

The New York Times has a nice essay explaining why college tuition is out of control. They first Continue reading →

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Catheter approaches for mitral replacement

Posted on April 6, 2019 by admin

March 23, 2014- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

With catheter based methods for replacing the aorta valve not being adopted as expected, the Continue reading →

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Atul Gawande’s surgical checklist fails in real world study

Posted on April 5, 2019 by admin

March 15, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

In 2009, Atul Gawande, MD, MPH and his large international team published in the New England Continue reading →

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