The ISCHEMIA trial PI, Judith Hochman, makes egregiously unfounded statements on national TV

Posted on February 11, 2020 by admin

November 17, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

The big news from the 2019 American Heart Association meeting is the large trial known by the acronym ISCHEMIA. Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Congress, FDA, Internal Medicine, NYU, VA | 1 Comment

The problem of erroneous diagnoses never falling off the chart

Posted on February 10, 2020 by admin

February 10, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD

I discovered a whole new category of problems in the American healthcare system. It is the problem Continue reading →

Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CDC, CMS | 1 Comment

Effects of Spaceflight on Astronaut Brain Structure as Indicated on MRI

Posted on February 9, 2020 by admin

November 22, 2017 – Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed Donna Roberts, MD of the Medical University of South Carolina about her NEJM paper Continue reading →

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60 Minutes creates another publicist-paid puff-piece for an unethical medical researcher

Posted on February 1, 2020 by admin

December 8, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

CBS’ 60 Minutes featured an extremely unethical PhD medical researcher at Harvard named George Continue reading →

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The Breville blender is an essential tool for a meatless diet

Posted on February 1, 2020 by admin

November 12, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Posted in - Reviews, books, devices, Bariatric surgery, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Diabetes and endocrinology, FDA, Gastroenterology and liver, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Oncology, Pediatrics, Sports medicine | Comments Off on The Breville blender is an essential tool for a meatless diet

Trying Beyond Meat for the first time

Posted on February 1, 2020 by admin

November 12, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Posted in - Opinion, - Reviews, books, devices, Bariatric surgery, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Diabetes and endocrinology, FDA, Gastroenterology and liver, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Oncology, Pediatrics, Sports medicine, Vascular Surgery | Comments Off on Trying Beyond Meat for the first time

Essay: Opioids coming through the Mexican border are a national security risk

Posted on February 1, 2020 by admin

Update January 8, 2019- President Trump quoted from this story tonight during his talk from the Ova Continue reading →

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Cardiology mafia egregiously obfuscates mortality differences between stents and CABG in EXCEL trial

Posted on January 16, 2020 by admin

December 10, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

In my recent book, The Medical Advocate, I excoriated the cardiology community, particularly Continue reading →

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Exclusive: Michael Bloomberg took control of Johns Hopkins with his billions. Then, death rates skyrocketed at a children’s hospital.

Posted on January 9, 2020 by admin
Dean and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine Paul Rothman

December 11, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD

Ranking colleges and medical centers is a futile, highly subjective, and ludicrous endeavor. Nevertheless, Continue reading →

Posted in - Policy, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Pediatrics | 3 Comments

Don Berwick, MD: Waste in the American Healthcare System

Posted on January 9, 2020 by admin

Dr. Berwick, former Director of CMS and former President and CEO of IHI, discusses the percentage Continue reading →

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Benjamin Sommers, MD PhD: Expansion of Medicaid and impact on mortality rates

Posted on January 9, 2020 by admin

September 7, 2012

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Pembrolizumab as Second-Line Therapy for Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma

Posted on January 9, 2020 by admin

February 27, 2017- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed Joaquim Bellmunt, MD, PhD, the Director of the Bladder Cancer Center at Dana-Farber, Continue reading →

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Preventing HIV infection

Posted on January 9, 2020 by admin

July 28, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

Rajesh Tim Gandhi, MD of the Massachusetts General Hospital discusses the NEJM review paper he co-wrote Continue reading →

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Eluxadoline (Viberzi) to treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Posted on January 7, 2020 by admin

January 20, 2016- Produced, Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed Anthony Lembo, MD of The Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital to discuss his Continue reading →

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Paul Richardson, MD: Current Therapies for Multiple Myeloma

Posted on January 7, 2020 by admin

December 15, 2015- Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD

Dr. Paul Richardson, Clinical Director of the Multiple Myeloma Center at Harvard’s Dana-Farber Continue reading →

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The 23andMe TV ads are misleading

Posted on January 4, 2020 by admin

April 22, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD Continue reading →

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How did a small academic lab succeed where big medical device companies failed?

Posted on January 1, 2020 by admin

July 5, 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 →

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A proposal to screen for mass shooters

Posted on January 1, 2020 by admin

August 5, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

President Trump today announced plans to have the Department of Justice create guidelines Continue reading →

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What I Did for Summer 2019

Posted on December 22, 2019 by admin

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Books I am reading

Posted on December 20, 2019 by admin

November 17, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD Continue reading →

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