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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Google wants your medical records

Posted on March 24, 2019 by admin

December 19, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

In Part 3 of our interview with Robert Klitzman, MD, ethics professor at Columbia University, Continue reading →

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Google’s Larry Page wants your medical records to be public for “research”

Posted on March 24, 2019 by admin

March 20, 2014-By Steven E. Greer, MD

Charlie Rose interviewed Google founder Larry Page at the 2014 TED conference. During the talk, Mr. Continue reading →

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Google wants your DNA now (Not just with 23andMe)

Posted on March 24, 2019 by admin

Google-founder-and-DNA-companiesOpinion December 17, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD

The Wall Street Journal published an article explaining how the pharmaceutical industry data mines Continue reading →

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Apple, Google, and Amazon need to make their own hospitals

Posted on March 24, 2019 by admin

Update February 27, 2018- Well, they used my idea from two-years ago. Amazon, Warren Buffet, Continue reading →

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Brigham and Women’s Hospital engages in bizarre PR campaign for daily aspirin

Posted on March 20, 2019 by admin

 April 21, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, part of the Harvard University network of hospitals, Continue reading →

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The secret agenda of Neocons: Supporting the corrupt status quo in healthcare

Posted on March 9, 2019 by admin

January 29, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Kamala Harris announced her run for president. She gave a town hall talk laying out her platform. Continue reading →

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Big Time College Sports is not the worst thing about American universities

Posted on February 24, 2019 by admin

Johnny-footballJanuary 10, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD

I was chuckling at an irrelevant essay in the NY Post complaining about how college football Continue reading →

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Once again, daily aspirin is shown to be deadly rather than beneficial

Posted on February 15, 2019 by admin

September 16, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

The Healthcare Channel has been pounding the table for many years pushing back against the drug Continue reading →

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Don Berwick, MD: State health insurance exchanges

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

April 4, 2012

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Don Berwick, MD: Changing from fee-for-service to bundled payments in Medicare and Medicaid

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

April 4, 2012

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Don Berwick, MD: National Coverage Decisions

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

December 1, 2013- National Coverage Decisions (NCDs) are used by CMS to set guidelines as to Continue reading →

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