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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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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 »
Cardiac surgery, Cardiology/interventional, Cleveland Clinic, Medical Devices, Neurology | apples49 | August 16, 2015 6:57 pm | Comments (0)
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)
March 3, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
In Part 1 of our interview with the new Chairman of Plastic Surgery at NYU, Eduardo Rodriguez, MD, DDS, explains the changes in training programs now compared to 15-years ago.
NYU Med Ctr | apples49 | August 15, 2015 6:34 pm | Comments (0)
March 3, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
In Part 2 of our interview with Eduardo Rodriguez, MD, DDS, Chairman of Plastic Surgery at NYU, he discusses the new face transplant team that he has assembled, preparing for their first case.
Anesthesiology, ENT, NYU Med Ctr, Plastic Surgery, Trauma | apples49 | 5:17 pm | Comments (0)
By Steven Greer, MD
Dean Miller of Johns Hopkins and Dean Goldschmidt of Miami discuss accountable care organizations, or ACO’s. The new ACA healthcare law will mandate academic medical centers to form new groups of doctors and Read more »
HHS, Johns Hopkins, Policy, Univ Miami | apples49 | 8:50 am | Comments (0)
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” being developed by engineers at Boston University and medical doctors at Massachusetts General hospital. We interviewed Ed Damiano, PhD, the lead biomedical engineer, and Steven Russell, MD PhD, the lead endocrinologist.
In Part 3, we asked them how their small lab funded only by the NIH succeeded at developing the bionic pancreas when large companies, such as Roche, Medtronic, Abbott, and JNJ all failed.
Boston University, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Harvard affiliates, Medical Devices, NEJM, NIH, Nutrition, Policy | apples49 | 2:45 am | Comments (0)
July 9, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
Senator Angus King from Maine has proposed a a bill that would make the pricing of medical devices more transparent. Currently, hospitals are required to sign confidentiality agreements, and the market is entirely in the dark. If such a law were passed, it would turn the medical device industry on its head.
CMS Medicare Medicaid, HHS, Medical Devices, Policy | apples49 | August 14, 2015 5:43 am | Comments (0)
March 23, 2014- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
With catheter based methods for replacing the aorta valve not being adopted as expected, the medical device industry is now looking to the mitral valve for hope. Doctors in London and Canada performed Read more »
Cardiac surgery, Cardiology/interventional, Henry Ford Hospital, Late Breaking Data, Medical Devices | apples49 | August 13, 2015 11:10 am | Comments (0)
