Medical and surgical offices need to adopt Apple Pay ASAP
October 21, 2014- By Steven E. Greer Another huge credit card data security hack was in the news today. The FBI estimates that 500 Million incidents of credit card data hacking have occurred this year....
View ArticleSurgical masks do work to prevent the spread of flu
October 1, 2009- By Steven E. Greer, MD Are billions of people around the globe foolish for wearing facemasks to protect against the flu? A portion of the mainstream media seems to believe so. They...
View ArticleQuarantining Ebola caregivers arriving from Africa is the right thing to do
October 26, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Ebola just became political. On Friday, governors from the largest states (New York, New Jersey, Florida, and Illinois) essentially staged a mutiny and defied...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about ISIS
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,...
View ArticleThe NEJM editorial board blew it on anti-quarantine Ebola essay
October 28, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Jeffrey Drazen and the other editors of the New England Journal of Medicine rushed out an opinion essay to criticize the decisions made by state governors to...
View ArticleBook review of “Fat Chance” by Robert H. Lustig, MD
February 9, 2013 (18,800 people have read this article as of November 5, 2014) Book Review by Steven E. Greer, MD How did our ancient ancestors evolve from being pure meat eating carnivore hunters into...
View Article“You’re telling me this now?” Why the news is suddenly critical of statins...
Opinion: February 19, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD The CBS news show “60 Minutes” made waves with a story asserting that the antidepressants taken by millions of Americans daily are actually no more...
View ArticleHarvard professors feel the impact in their pocketbooks of the ACA law that...
November 8, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Probably no other university in the country was more influential in helping President Obama pass his ACA law than Harvard. Prominent faculty, such as David...
View ArticleI was in the delivery room when Obamacare was born
Update September 21, 2014- Obamacare is causing more people to go to the hospital, which is driving revenue fr the big corporations. Therefore, the GOP lobbyists are telling the Republicans to back off...
View ArticleWe need intelligent doctors, not memory savants
February 15, 2014- Opinion, By Steven E. Greer, MD The ability to get a joke, or comprehend that a sarcastic comment was meant as humor, requires high-level abstract thinking. Memorization does not. In...
View ArticleA proposal to make the Social History more robust and proactive
October 2, 2014 Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Joseph Rhatigan, MD of Harvard Medical School published a paper in the NEJM proposing was to enhance the current social history section of the...
View ArticleDoes Steve Nissen manipulate the media?
April 5, 2010 Opinion By Steven E. Greer, MD The New York Times recently ran a front-page story raising concern about expanding the indication for statins to people with normal cholesterol levels, per...
View ArticleLethal force in Ferguson was unnecessary, yet few lessons seem to have been...
November 26, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD There are huge problems with most police forces in this country. However, despite all of the riots this week, not a damn thing will change. There is no...
View ArticleUber, better and cheaper, poised to put yellow taxis out of business
November 27, 2014- By Steven E. Greer The biggest quality of life problem for New Yorkers is transportation (or perhaps high housing costs). Our Third-World subways, corrupt Port Authority and high...
View ArticleReview: Pink Floyd’s new album “Endless River”
November 30, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Endless River is the first studio album released by the sans-Roger-Waters-Pink-Floyd in 20 years, since 1994’s Division Bell. Keyboardist Rick Wright died in...
View ArticleCEO’s of “Non-profit” hospitals rake in millions
December 7, 2014- The NY Post reports the list of multi-million-dollar salaries enjoyed by CEO’s of the major New York City hospitals, even after they retire. The article states, “Dr. Herbert Pardes...
View ArticleThe police need better tools for subduing the mentally insane other than bullets
December 9, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD All across the country, for the last several weeks, organized protests of thousands of people have resulted in rioting and closure of major streets. The...
View ArticleUpdate: Actavis 1000% drug price hike: a case for healthcare reform
Update December 13, 2014- CBS’ Dr. Lapook began investigating a similar Actavis business move as the one we first reported on in 2009, below. He looked into how the company removed from the market the...
View ArticleBill O’Reilly’s flagrantly sexist comments about Senator Elizabeth Warren
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 as the most watched show on Fox, he seems to be pandering to...
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