Rand Paul’s secret Looney Tune side revealed

Posted on February 2, 2015 by admin

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February 2, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD

People have asked me my opinion of the Republican field for 2016 and I have told them that Dr. Rand Continue reading →

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Overview of rHGH therapy

Posted on January 14, 2015 by admin

January 14, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed Dr. Shlomo Melmed, Director of the Clinical Research Institute and Dean of Faculty at Continue reading →

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Ezekiel Emanuel pens essay urging Americans to skip the annual physical exam with their doctor

Posted on January 9, 2015 by admin

January 9, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD

Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, the brother of former White House Chief of Staff Rahm, and of Hollywood Continue reading →

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Review: “Who I Am”: The Pete Townshend autobiography

Posted on December 30, 2014 by admin

Pete-Townshend_0For the PDF version, click the following link: Review Pete Townshend

December 30, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

In his 538-page autobiography, Continue reading →

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Half of Dr. Oz’s medical advice is baseless or wrong, study says

Posted on December 19, 2014 by admin

December 19, 2014- The Washington Post reports, “And now, his work has come under even greater scrutiny Continue reading →

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Bill O’Reilly’s flagrantly sexist comments about Senator Elizabeth Warren

Posted on December 16, 2014 by admin

December 16, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

As cable TV ratings fall across the board, and Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly ages and loses his foothold Continue reading →

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The police need better tools for subduing the mentally insane other than bullets

Posted on December 9, 2014 by admin

December 9, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

All across the country, for the last several weeks, organized protests of thousands of people Continue reading →

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CEO’s of “Non-profit” hospitals rake in millions

Posted on December 7, 2014 by admin

PardesDecember 7, 2014- The NY Post reports the list of multi-million-dollar salaries enjoyed by CEO’s of the major Continue reading →

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Uber, better and cheaper, poised to put yellow taxis out of business

Posted on November 27, 2014 by admin

Taxi-in-snow-on-Rector-2-3-2014November 27, 2014- By Steven E. Greer

The biggest quality of life problem for New Yorkers is transportation (or perhaps high housing costs). Continue reading →

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Lethal force in Ferguson was unnecessary, yet few lessons seem to have been learned

Posted on November 26, 2014 by admin

NYT-headlines-after-FergusonNovember 26, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

There are huge problems with most police forces in this country. However, despite all of the riots Continue reading →

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Most people have insurance not yet impacted by Obamacare

Posted on November 21, 2014 by admin

Obama-reelected1November 21, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

With so much news in the national press focusing on the Obamacare exchanges and new healthcare Continue reading →

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Quarantining Ebola caregivers arriving from Africa is the right thing to do

Posted on November 6, 2014 by admin

https://youtu.be/CpGhHePi_MQ

Update November 6, 2014- Despite more than 80% of responders in various polls feeling Continue reading →

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Using Afrezza inhaled insulin with a CGM

Posted on November 3, 2014 by admin

November 3, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

Inhaled insulin will make a comeback when Mannkind’s drug, Afrezza, goes on sale in early 2015. Continue reading →

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Hacking CGM’s to smartphones

Posted on October 31, 2014 by admin

October 31, 2014– Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

Type 1 diabetes patients using continuous glucose monitors have been creating their own software, Continue reading →

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What you need to know about ISIS

Posted on October 29, 2014 by admin

October 29, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

I saw the most recent episode of the PBS show Frontline that explained how ISIS rose to power. I was alarmed to learn that this is a very real and local threat, more so than I had thought.

To summarize the Frontline story, the horribly Continue reading →

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The NEJM editorial board blew it on anti-quarantine Ebola essay

Posted on October 28, 2014 by admin

DrazenOctober 28, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

Jeffrey Drazen and the other editors of the New England Journal of Medicine rushed out an opinion Continue reading →

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The Dallas hospital administrators who botched Ebola were likely criminals, not just incompetent

Posted on October 19, 2014 by admin

nigerian-thomas-duncan-brought-ebola-to-united-statesOctober 19, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

The mainstream media has correctly reported on the numerous missteps made by the Dallas Continue reading →

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Cutting through the hype surrounding gluten

Posted on October 9, 2014 by admin

October 19, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

Did you know that one out of three Americans think that they are “gluten intolerant”. Of those 100 Continue reading →

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A proposal to make the Social History more robust and proactive

Posted on October 2, 2014 by admin

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

Joseph Rhatigan, MD of Harvard Medical School published a paper in the NEJM proposing Continue reading →

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Long-term contraception is effective and underutilized

Posted on October 1, 2014 by admin

October 1, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer

Jeffrey F. Peipert, M.D., Ph.D. of Washington university discusses his original article in the NEJM Continue reading →

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