April 5, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
Few people knew what a compounding pharmacy was until a meningitis outbreak traced to the New England Compounding Pharmacy made the news in 2012. The facility was filthy, unregulated, and Read more »
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August 31, 2015- The NYT has an Op-Ed today by some malpractice lawyers urging a new law to be passed in New York to expand the time frame for filing malpractice suits. Read more »
Op-Ed, Policy | apples49 | August 31, 2015 10:06 am | Comments (0)
August 24th - August 30th
In the general news, in Europe, the refugee crisis grew as a truck with 71 dead immigrants was found in Hungary. They, and millions of others, were fleeing ISIS territories Read more »
The Weekly Summary | apples49 | August 30, 2015 10:34 am | Comments (0)
Diabetes, Endocrinology, Medical Devices | apples49 | August 27, 2015 2:55 pm | Comments (0)
August 17th - August 23rd
In the general news, two off-duty U.S. military stopped a radial Islam terrorist from shooting dozens of people on a high-speed French train. Also, the U.S. claims to have killed the Read more »
The Weekly Summary | apples49 | August 23, 2015 2:25 pm | Comments (0)
July 18, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD
Many years ago, when I was a second-year surgery resident at NYU, I took time off to conduct research. I design some clinical studies on wounds and was awarded more Read more »
Uncategorized | apples49 | August 18, 2015 10:05 pm | Comments (0)
August 18, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD
I thought that Tiger Woods, in his prime, was playing the best golf that a human could possibly play. Read more »
Neurology, Neurosurgery, Op-Ed, Psychiatry | apples49 | 11:28 am | Comments (0)
August 10th - August 16th
In the general news, China devalued its currency to help prop up the stock market that is crashing. In Europe, the EU and Greece agreed to another bailout payment Read more »
The Weekly Summary | apples49 | August 16, 2015 7:05 pm | Comments (0)
May 14, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD
Stroke is the bane of TAVR. In the Edwards Lifesciences Sapien valve, stroke rates exceed 10%. That, along with perivalvular leaks, resulted in death rates of 30% at two-years. Read more »
November 13, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD
The AHA released the long-awaited new guidelines that recommend which patients should be on a cholesterol-lowering statin, such as Lipitor or Crestor. The panel of experts incorporated evidence-based medicine into the guidelines, perhaps better than any other medical society guideline panel has done previously. However, the panel also used some very dubious statistical tools as well.
According to Read more »
Cardiology, Cedars Sinai LA, Late Breaking Data, Policy | apples49 | 11:52 am | Comments (0)
