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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Don Berwick, MD: The Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

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Industry conflicts arise at PCORI threatening any real comparative effectiveness research

Posted on February 10, 2019 by admin

February 7, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

The Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) was created by the PPACA “ObamaCare” law in 2010. Continue reading →

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Essay: The Sad State of Affairs for American Medicine Primary Care

Posted on February 1, 2019 by admin

December 26, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

I am so saddened by the state of our profession. I have been in different industries and unaware Continue reading →

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Review: “The Bleeding Edge” documentary on unsafe medical devices

Posted on February 1, 2019 by admin

November 1, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

The Netflix 2018 documentary “The Bleeding Edge” reviews modern cases of medical devices Continue reading →

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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 Continue reading →

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The Year in Review: 2018

Posted on December 31, 2018 by admin

December 29, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

The biggest stories this year related Continue reading →

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Essay: The Silos of American Healthcare Stifle Communication Between Providers

Posted on December 19, 2018 by admin

December 19, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

I have a clinical practice that treats chronic conditions, among other things. I recently ran across a Continue reading →

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Essay: Everything you say can and will be used against you

Posted on December 18, 2018 by admin

November 10, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

I keep telling people that “smart home” devices, such as Amazon’s Alexa, record everything Continue reading →

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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. Continue reading →

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