The Healthcare Channel

The NIH has turned into a source of welfare for bloated universities

Posted on October 2, 2018 by admin

September 12, 2017- Science reports, “President Donald Trump’s administration has brought a long-simmering debate over how the U.S. government supports university research Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, Congress, NIH | Leave a comment

CBS News not happy at all that cancer warning added to coffee

Posted on October 1, 2018 by admin

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

I have been critical of CBS News for years because they have been in bed with the coffee industry, Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Congress, Oncology | Leave a comment

An emerging safety problem for TAVR patients

Posted on September 8, 2018 by admin

March 16, 2017- produced and interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed William O’Neill, MD, one of the first to implant a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) valve. The products have been approved by the FDA for several years, and we asked him to update us on the real-world usage and safety. Continue reading →

Posted in - Medical Devices, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, FDA | 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 Continue reading →

Posted in - Biotech, - NEJM, - Pharma, National Jewish Health, Pulmonology | Leave a comment

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 Continue reading →

Posted in - Biotech, - Pharma, Oncology, UCLA | Leave a comment

Told you so: the NEJM Mediterranean diet was junk science

Posted on August 5, 2018 by admin

June 13, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Back in 2013, I pounded the Continue reading →

Posted in - NEJM, - Opinion, Cardiology, Primary care medicine | Leave a comment

What is Sports Medicine?

Posted on May 27, 2018 by admin

March 27, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Larry Nassar is the disgraced former Olympic gymnastic team “doctor” who was sent away to prison Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Emergency medicine, General surgery, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic surgery, Spine surgery, Sports medicine, Trauma Surgery | Leave a comment

The Lotus TAVR valve recall

Posted on March 31, 2018 by admin

March 16, 2017- produced and interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed William O’Neill, MD, one of the first to implant a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Continue reading →

Posted in - Medical Devices, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, FDA | Leave a comment

The Trump New World Order

Posted on March 6, 2018 by admin

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

Last week, President Trump surprised the White House press corps by announcing during a meeting Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Congress | Leave a comment

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”. Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, Gastroenterology and liver, Harvard, Pediatrics | Leave a comment

Kick your smartphone app addiction in 2018

Posted on March 1, 2018 by admin

January 8, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

I was one of the very earliest CrackBerry addicts in 2000. That was a term given to people constantly Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, Psychology Psychiatry, Rehab | Leave a comment

Mechanical heart valves provide much lower mortality than tissue valves in young patients

Posted on March 1, 2018 by admin

November 8, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Off the radar of Wall Street analysts is a new paper in the NEJM that shows mechanical heart valves, both aortic and mitral, impart much lower mortality than tissue valves in the youngest cohort of patients. This paper was not presented at the recent TCT or Euro PCR. Continue reading →

Posted in - Medical Devices, - NEJM, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology | Leave a comment

Is President Trump on amphetamines? (Yes, he is)

Posted on February 28, 2018 by admin

Update January 16, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

President Trump’s doctor confirms my diagnosis made in the story below, which was that the slurred Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, FDA, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Primary care medicine, Rehab | Leave a comment

Bending the cost curve of cancer care

Posted on February 26, 2018 by admin

May 25, 2011- Since the approval of Genentech’s costly Avastin in 2004, prominent oncologists have warned that Continue reading →

Posted in - Biotech, - Pharma, CMS, Oncology, VCU | Leave a comment

NBC begins alarming new series to promote the diagnosis of “mental illness” in children

Posted on February 24, 2018 by admin

December 11, 2017 Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, Neurology, Neurosurgery, NIH, Pediatrics, Primary care medicine, Psychology Psychiatry, Rehab | Leave a comment

Did Hillary Clinton really faint from “dehydration” or does she have a chronic neurological condition?

Posted on February 24, 2018 by admin

September 12, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Once again, the Hillary Clinton campaign is on defense after another health scare from their Continue reading →

Posted in - Policy, Cardiology, Congress, Emergency medicine, Neurology, NYU, Ophthalmology, Primary care medicine, Radiology | Leave a comment

Osimertinib in Untreated EGFR-Mutated Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (FLAURA)

Posted on February 23, 2018 by admin

November 20, 2017- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed Emory University oncologist Suresh S. Ramalingam, M.D. about his NEJM Continue reading →

Posted in - NEJM, Cardiac surgery, Emory, Oncology | Leave a comment

Oh my god, I have a disease!

Posted on February 21, 2018 by admin

March 21, 2014- This DTC TV drug ad medicalizing a non-disease really struck us as egregious