Will healthcare spending really continue at its current pace?

Posted on December 9, 2009 by admin

December 9, 2009- Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD

The consensus among government budget forecasters such as the CBO is that the current growth Continue reading →

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Surgical masks do work to prevent the spread of flu

Posted on October 1, 2009 by admin

October 1, 2009- By Steven E. Greer, MD

Are billions of people around the globe foolish for wearing facemasks to protect against the flu? Continue reading →

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The CDC discusses Gardasil HPV vaccine safety

Posted on September 6, 2009 by admin

September 6, 2009- Produced and interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

Dr. Barbara Slade of the CDC discusses her recent JAMA article on the safety and adverse event reports for Merck’s HPV cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil. Back in 1976, a swine flu vaccine caused Guillain-Barrė syndrome and this has led to subsequent vaccines being under scrutiny for any neurologic adverse events.

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Steven Cummings, MD: The denosumab FREEDOM trial

Posted on August 11, 2009 by admin

August 11, 2009- Dr. Steven Cummings, director of the San Francisco Coordinating Center and faculty of UCSF, and Continue reading →

Posted in - Biotech, - NEJM, - Pharma, Diabetes and endocrinology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopedic surgery, Primary care medicine, Radiology, Spine surgery, Sports medicine, UC San Francisco | Leave a comment

Sundeep Khosla, MD discusses Amgen’s Denosumab

Posted on August 11, 2009 by admin

August 11, 2009- Sundeep Khosla of the Mayo Clinic who authored the NEJM editorial on Amgen’s denosumab Continue reading →

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The unsustainable cost of cancer drugs

Posted on June 8, 2009 by admin

June 8, 2009- Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD

Leonard Saltz, MD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, discusses how the targeted Continue reading →

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Michael Burgess, MD: House plans for healthcare reform

Posted on May 19, 2009 by admin

May 19, 2009- Representative Michael Burgess, MD (R-TX) discusses the early stages of the House healthcare reform bill.

 

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The SYNTAX trial of stent v CABG

Posted on October 8, 2008 by admin

October 8, 2008- by Steven E. Greer, MD

A trio of cardiac experts from Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles discusses the SYNTAX trial that Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Cedars Sinai | Leave a comment

TIMI 38 and prasugrel

Posted on March 3, 2008 by admin

March 3, 2008- by Steven E. Greer, MD

One of the more important presentations at the upcoming American College of Cardiology Continue reading →

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The Medtronic CoreValve program

Posted on September 13, 2000 by admin

September 13, 2009- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

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

Robert Litchfield, MD: Knee arthroscopy for arthritis

Posted on September 10, 2000 by admin

September 10, 2008

The New England Journal of Medicine has an important landmark study comparing the use Continue reading →

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Interviews with Steven Greer, MD

Posted on January 23, 2000 by admin

A sampling of some interviews with Dr. Steven Greer Continue reading →

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