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 »
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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 | August 18, 2015 11:28 am | Comments (0)
June 15, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD
34-year-old Erik Compton finished tied for second in the United States Open golf tournament. That was a good accomplishment by any standard, but it was also a genuine feat of modern medicine and surgery because he is living on his third heart. Read more »
Cardiac surgery/transplantation, Cardiology, Op-Ed | apples49 | August 15, 2015 5:05 am | Comments (0)
August 13, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD
I still have active medical licenses, but only treat friends and family. I have no office and no “practice” to speak of. Therefore, I found it quite odd that the online doctor-shopping Read more »
Op-Ed, Policy | apples49 | August 13, 2015 10:53 am | Comments (0)
February 9, 2013 (20,000 people have read this article as of July 24, 2015)
Book Review by Steven E. Greer, MD
How did our ancient ancestors evolve from being pure meat eating carnivore hunters into grain fed farmers, and which diet is healthier? With nearly 7 Billion people on Read more »
Book reviews, Op-Ed, UCSF | apples49 | July 24, 2015 12:29 pm | Comments (1)
July 9, 2015- CNN’s fame-seeking Dr. Gupta has been caught exaggerating his “life-saving” surgical exploits. Like fellow TV-doctors, such as Dr. Oz and Dr. Snyderman, this TV doctor gave up medical ethics long ago in order to be sensational and famous. Read more »
Emory, Neurosurgery, Op-Ed | apples49 | July 9, 2015 7:46 am | Comments (0)
Update April 21, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD
As a direct result of our posting of the letter, below, the New York Times then national TV news have picked up this story. The bad press forced Dr. Oz to make a statement on his TV show that he “Will not be Read more »
Cardiac surgery, Columbia University, Op-Ed, Policy | apples49 | 6:00 am | Comments (0)
July 4, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD
I finally saw the acclaimed Clint Eastwood film American Sniper. Bradley Cooper played the character of decorated Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, for which he was nominated Read more »
FDA, Op-Ed, Policy, Psychiatry, Psychiatry/addiction therapy | apples49 | July 3, 2015 7:40 pm | Comments (0)
May 31, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD
I was watching Green Day give their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech and the singer made some references to smoking pot, as if it was his generation’s thing. I have wondered to myself Read more »
Anesthesiology, Neurology, Op-Ed, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychiatry/addiction therapy | apples49 | May 31, 2015 11:11 am | Comments (0)
May 24, 2015- We spotted this egregious quackery in the Rite Aid pharmacy. Read more »
Op-Ed | apples49 | May 24, 2015 10:58 am | Comments (0)
