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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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Triple Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis

Posted on December 12, 2019 by admin

October 18, 2018- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

Posted in - Biotech, - NEJM, - Pharma, FDA, Genetics, Infectious disease, Internal Medicine, National Jewish Health, Pediatrics, Pulmonology | Leave a comment

How the FDA regulates compounding pharmacies

Posted on November 14, 2019 by admin

April 5, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

Few people knew what a compounding pharmacy was until a meningitis outbreak traced to the Continue reading →

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Go Vegan?

Posted on November 12, 2019 by admin

November 3, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

My diet is much better than it used to be. I eat a lot more plants and almost no red meat. I snack Continue reading →

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Newsmax discussion of The Medical Advocate

Posted on October 21, 2019 by admin

October 14, 2019- This is my appearance today on Newsmax. Continue reading →

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Images from the Trump Medicare rally

Posted on October 20, 2019 by admin

October 3, 2019 Continue reading →

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I can’t get no satisfaction (from TAVR)

Posted on October 18, 2019 by admin

Update April 6, 2019- An expert source told us that Mick Jagger did have genuine aortic stenosis. Continue reading →

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Major disruption coming to hospitals in 2020

Posted on October 18, 2019 by admin

August 2, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

President Trump recently signed Continue reading →

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CMMI Director leaves after Healthcare Channel investigates

Posted on October 1, 2019 by admin

September 29, 2013-By Steven E. Greer, MD

In June of 2012, The Healthcare Channel published an influential Op-Ed in the WSJ exposing Continue reading →

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Angela Merkel’s standing leg tremors

Posted on September 23, 2019 by admin

June 18, 2019- Angela Merkel seems to Continue reading →

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Ken Burns series on FDR helps me discover my own history

Posted on September 21, 2019 by admin

September 21, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

I watched with fascination all of the episodes of the Ken Burns PBS series about the lives of Teddy, Eleanor, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt when, midway through the series more