CDER Director Janet Woodcock on new drug safety strategies

Posted on January 2, 2018 by admin

November 16, 2010- by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed Dr. Janet Woodcock, long-time Director of CDER, the FDA center responsible Continue reading →

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Book review: “ADHD Does Not Exist” By Richard Saul, MD

Posted on December 11, 2017 by admin

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

Richard Saul, MD strived to be provocative with his new book ADHD Does Not Exist. He not only succeeded, Continue reading →

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A disease called ‘childhood’

Posted on December 11, 2017 by admin

March 31, 2013- by Dr. Allen Frances

Do 1 in 5 NYC preteens really suffer a mental woe? A psychiatry expert argues we’re overdiagnosing — Continue reading →

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How ADHD became such a prevalent condition

Posted on December 11, 2017 by admin

October 7, 2009- interviewed by Steven E. Greer

Authors of “ADHD: medicating children”, Rick Mayes and Catherine Bagwell, discuss the history of ADHD Continue reading →

Posted in - Pharma, - Reviews, books, devices, Congress, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Primary care medicine, Psychology Psychiatry | Leave a comment

The 23andMe home genetics test kit controversy

Posted on November 26, 2017 by admin

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

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2017 is the Year of the Woman

Posted on November 19, 2017 by admin

November 19, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD

I am actually surprised at the level of controversy that the Senator Al Franken groping picture has created. Continue reading →

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The bionic pancreas data

Posted on November 18, 2017 by admin

July 2, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

The New England Journal of Medicine recently published the early clinical data on the “bionic pancreas” Continue reading →

Posted in - Medical Devices, - NEJM, Boston University, Diabetes and endocrinology | Leave a comment

Changes in plastic surgery training programs

Posted on November 17, 2017 by admin

March 3, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

In Part 1 of our interview with the new Chairman of Plastic Surgery at NYU, Eduardo Rodriguez, Continue reading →

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Interview with the CEO of Neovasc, Alexei Marko

Posted on November 17, 2017 by admin

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This could be the best interview ever aired on Fox Business

Posted on November 15, 2017 by admin

August 15, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Martin Shkreli was on Fox Business today, and the set seemed familiar. Ironically, I was in this same Continue reading →

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Aerobic or Resistance Exercise, or Both, in Dieting Obese Older Adults

Posted on November 8, 2017 by admin

June 14, 2017- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed Dennis Villareal, MD, the author of the NEJM paper “Aerobic or Resistance Continue reading →

Posted in - NEJM, Bariatric surgery, Baylor, Diabetes and endocrinology, Geriatrics, Internal Medicine | Leave a comment

Review: Walk-in urgent care centers are the way to go

Posted on November 6, 2017 by admin

Urgent care doctorJanuary 6, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD

A patient asked for my help yesterday with a sinus infection that was lingering. I referred him to Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, - Reviews, books, devices, CMS, Emergency medicine, Pediatrics, Primary care medicine | Leave a comment

The egregious athletic coaching most kids receive

Posted on November 5, 2017 by admin

March 25, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD

In 2005, at age 37, I got some good PGA golf lessons at Muirfield Golf Club in Ohio: Jack Nicklaus’ Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, - Reviews, books, devices, Ohio State, Sports medicine | Leave a comment

Interview with the CEO of Galena Biopharma about cancer vaccines

Posted on November 5, 2017 by admin

February 8, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Continue reading →

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Trump made a big mistake wading into the quagmire of healthcare

Posted on October 25, 2017 by admin
Is President Obama foreseeing the future here and having a laugh?

May 7, 2017- Opinion by Steven E. Greer, MD

I watched Face the Nation and the news coverage of Friday town hall meetings. Mick Mulvaney was Continue reading →

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We need intelligent doctors, not memory savants

Posted on October 5, 2017 by admin

Man-with-Doctor-laughingFebruary 15, 2014- Opinion, By Steven E. Greer, MD

The ability to get a joke, or comprehend that a sarcastic comment was meant as humor, requires Continue reading →

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CheckMate 026: Why did Opdivo (nivolumab) fail in NSCLC?

Posted on September 9, 2017 by admin

September 1, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

In the wake of the news-making failure of CheckMate 026 of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) fail in Continue reading →

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The ACA’s THC program: A pilot program to fund residency training outside of the traditional hospital setting

Posted on September 1, 2017 by admin

September 6, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

Posted in - NEJM, - Policy, CMS, George Washington Univ | Leave a comment

The new 80-hour work week surgery residency

Posted on September 1, 2017 by admin

July 24, 2011- The Surgeon-in-Chief of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Continue reading →

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Interview with the CEO of Synthetic Biologics, Jeff Riley

Posted on September 1, 2017 by admin

February 8, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Continue reading →

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