CT-scan screening for heart disease fails to show benefit

Posted on January 5, 2018 by admin

March 23, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed the Principal Investigator of the PROMISE trial, Pamela Douglas, MD from Duke. Continue reading →

Posted in - NEJM, - Policy, Cardiology, CMS, Duke, Radiology | Leave a comment

What Steve Jobs would have invented if he had lived longer

Posted on January 4, 2018 by admin

Steve-JobsUpdate January 29, 2014- Apple posted Q4 earnings so big that they are incomprehensible. Continue reading →

Posted in - Medical Devices, - Opinion | Leave a comment

Mepolizumab or Placebo for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

Posted on January 4, 2018 by admin

May 23, 2017- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed polumonologist Michael Wechsler, MD about his paper in the NEJM testing mepolizumab Continue reading →

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

The super shady methods of pricing generic drugs in America: case study- Sildenafil

Posted on January 4, 2018 by admin

Generic revatioMay 15, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD

The last I read, Teva and Mylan were not supposed to launch their approved generic of Viagra (sildenafil) Continue reading →

Posted in - Generics, - Opinion, - Pharma, CMS, Congress, FDA | Leave a comment

What 1982’s Blade Runner got right about 2019

Posted on January 4, 2018 by admin

September 3, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD

I watched again the 1982 classic Blade Runner. Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, - Reviews, books, devices, Genetics, Geriatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology, Ophthalmology | Leave a comment

Maybe my brain was spared

Posted on January 4, 2018 by admin

July 26, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Last week, I sat next to an Ohio State University offensive lineman while attending a Roger Waters Continue reading →

Posted in - JAMA, - Reviews, books, devices, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Ohio State | Leave a comment

Phase 3 Trial of 177Lu-Dotatate for Midgut Neuroendocrine Tumors

Posted on January 3, 2018 by admin

January 12, 2017- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

Jonathan Strosberg, MD of Continue reading →

Posted in - NEJM, Oncology | Leave a comment

Told you so: The White House Press Office Is In Chaos

Posted on January 2, 2018 by admin

August 16, 2017- The White Announced that Hope Hicks will be the interim communications director. Continue reading →

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

A modern medical wonder finishes second in the U.S. Open golf tournament

Posted on January 2, 2018 by admin

Erik-Compton-at-US-OpenJune 15, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

34-year-old Erik Compton finished tied for second in the United States Open golf tournament. Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, Cardiology, Transplant surgery | Leave a comment

Vagal nerve stimulation for weight loss

Posted on January 2, 2018 by admin

January 22, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

Erik Dutson, MD, bariatric surgeon from UCLA, discusses the newly FDA-approved weight loss device called Continue reading →

Posted in - Medical Devices, Bariatric surgery, Diabetes and endocrinology, Gastroenterology and liver, Primary care medicine, UCLA | Leave a comment

Review of combination immunotherapies seen at ASCO 2016

Posted on January 2, 2018 by admin

June 22, 2016- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed Siwen Hu-Lieskovan MD, PhD of UCLA, an expert with immunotherapies for melanoma, Continue reading →

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

Avoid ER’s attached to tertiary care hospitals

Posted on January 2, 2018 by admin

August 17, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CMS, Emergency medicine | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in - Pharma, FDA | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in - Reviews, books, devices, Pediatrics, Psychology Psychiatry | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in - Pharma, - Policy, Neurology, Pediatrics, Psychology Psychiatry | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Columbia, FDA, Genetics, NIH, Oncology, Psychology Psychiatry | Leave a comment

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 →

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

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 →

Posted in - Policy, NYU, Plastic surgery | Leave a comment