The Healthcare Channel

Doctors complain to Columbia about Dr. Oz

Posted on September 30, 2016 by admin

https://youtu.be/bqihqFTyyfw

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

As a direct result of our posting of the letter, below, the New York Times then national TV news Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, Cardiac surgery, Columbia, Congress | Leave a comment

10-year follow-up on the CREST carotid stenting trial

Posted on June 28, 2016 by admin

March 4, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

The 10-year follow-up data on the CREST carotid stenting vs. CEA trail were published Continue reading →

Posted in - Medical Devices, - NEJM, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Vascular Surgery | Leave a comment

CMMI Haters Make a Website!

Posted on May 15, 2016 by admin

May 15, 2016- Bruce Quinn, MD PHD posted on his “Discoveries in Health Policy” blog this follow-up to our 2012 reporting on Obamacare’s CMMI pork project. Continue reading →

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CBS promotes outrageous pro-coffee research, again

Posted on May 8, 2016 by admin

Update May 8, 2016- HBO’s John Oliver focused on this problem of TV news misrepresenting the Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Cardiology, Primary care medicine, Psychology Psychiatry, Urology | Leave a comment

A second blow to Atul Gawande (and Obamacare)

Posted on March 15, 2016 by admin

December 15, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Atul Gawande, MD, a surgeon working at one of the Harvard affiliated hospitals, wrote an influential essay in the Continue reading →

Posted in - NEJM, - Opinion, CMS, Congress, Harvard | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Unwinding

Posted on March 1, 2016 by admin

March 13, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD Sometimes, things sit around your house for so long that you forget they are there. I bought Continue reading →

Posted in - Reviews, books, devices | Leave a comment

President Obama’s legacy is one of an administration that handles crisis by denial

Posted on March 1, 2016 by admin

March 23, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD On March 22nd, yet another major ISIS attack took place in Brussels, Belgium. A few hours later, Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, - Reviews, books, devices, Trauma Surgery | Leave a comment

Man who oversaw one of the biggest academic research frauds in medical history is poised to become the next FDA Commissioner

Posted on February 7, 2016 by admin

Update February 7, 2016- Key senators, including Bernie Sanders, are now threatening to filibuster Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Cardiology, FDA, NIH | Leave a comment

The telomerase inhibitor Imetelstat developed by Geron

Posted on February 5, 2016 by admin

September 9, 2015-

Posted in - Biotech, - NEJM, Oncology | Leave a comment

Tandem Diabetes

Posted on February 3, 2016 by admin

August 27, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Continue reading →

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

American state-sponsored media

Posted on January 8, 2016 by admin

January 4, 2016- by Steven E. Greer

The American media is becoming as bad as Russian state-sponsored media, literally. The national Continue reading →

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

You can now buy “medical marijuana” in New York

Posted on January 7, 2016 by admin

January 7, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD

The medical marijuana dispensaries in New York are now open. However, you might be disappointed. Continue reading →

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Are the new PCSK9 cholesterol lowering drugs worth the high cost?

Posted on December 7, 2015 by admin

December 16, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

Posted in - Biotech, - NEJM, - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, Cardiology, CMS, FDA | Leave a comment

Why are Google, Facebook, and Twitter allowed to promote ISIS?

Posted on November 19, 2015 by admin

Update November 19, 2015- The mastermind of the ISIS attacks on Paris, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, Congress | Leave a comment

The similarities between Cuba and Syria

Posted on November 18, 2015 by admin

November 18, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD

I watched a PBS documentary of Fidel Castro called The Fidel Castro Tapes. The similarities Continue reading →

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

The first ever use of Facetime to receive help from an Apple store team

Posted on November 14, 2015 by admin

November 13, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Today was an historic day. I became the first person ever to use Apple Facetime to receive assistance Continue reading →

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

Review: The new iMac is unsuitable for the serious worker

Posted on November 10, 2015 by admin

November 10, 2015- by Steven E. Greer

I recently purchased the new 27-inch iMac after enjoying my new iPhone and Apple TV. I finally Continue reading →

Posted in - Medical Devices, - Reviews, books, devices | Leave a comment

The NIH SPRINT trial on aggressive management of hypertension was rendered useless by the investigators

Posted on November 9, 2015 by admin

Update November 9, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD

The NEJM published the SPRINT data today to coincide with the AHA meeting. However, the editors also wrote a not-too-enthusiastic editorial. Continue reading →

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Review of the TCT 2015 data

Posted on October 21, 2015 by admin

October 19, 2015

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

All of a sudden, gadgets from Sci-Fi movies are a reality

Posted on October 4, 2015 by admin

October 4, 2014- by Steven E. Greer, MD

These electric unicycles, and other designs like them, are now only $300, thanks to factories Continue reading →

Posted in - Medical Devices, - Opinion, - Reviews, books, devices, Congress | Leave a comment