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 with his sister, Monica Gandhi, MD, discussing the current state of therapy for HIV-infected patients. He then addresses the ways to prevent HIV infection either after or before exposure.
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 with his sister, Monica Gandhi, MD, discussing the current state of therapy for HIV-infected patients. He then addresses limitations of the existing drugs and how future medications can improve.
Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
William Schaffner, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, explains the six vaccinations that all adults should receive. They are: Read more »
February 2, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD
People have asked me my opinion of the Republican field for 2016 and I have told them that Dr. Rand Paul seems pretty electable now, but my experience tells me that he will let rip a great gaffe soon exposing his Read more »
May 8, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD
Matthew McConaughey won the Best Actor in a Leading Role Academy Award for his portrayal of AIDS-stricken Ron Woodroof in “Dallas Buyers Club. However, the film was a box office flop, earning less than $30 Million domestic. That is because it was completely mis-marketed as a film about AIDS in the 80′s. Read more »
March 15, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD
In 2009, Atul Gawande, MD, MPH and his large international team published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) an observational study that showed a significant reduction of death and “complications” after non-cardiac surgery. The World Health Organization (WHO) created the checklist used in the NEJM paper. After this non-randomized, non-controlled, observational study was published, entire nations adopted the surgical checklist system.
Now, in 2014, a population study drawing from Ontario surgical patient data, published in the NEJM, showed no significant benefit from the widespread adoption of the same WHO surgical safety checklist that Dr. Gawande popularized. This study was also observational, but it was stronger than the 2009 Gawande study in that it included the entire population within a region.
What went wrong? Read more »
Anesthesiology, Biostatistics, Cardiac surgery, Critical care, General Surgery, Harvard affiliates, HHS, Infectious Disease, NEJM, NICE (UK), Op-Ed, Orthopedic surgery/sports, Plastic Surgery, Policy, Preventive Medicine, Spine surgery, Trauma, Vascular Surgery | apples49 | 
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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 report that wearing a protective facemask is ineffective because the virus particle is so small that it passes right through. Read more »
Produced and interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
New drugs have been developed to treat the growing problem of C. diff colitis. They focus on the problem of newer virulent strains of clostridium difficile that are resistant to most antibiotics, but is that the proper or only approach?
More patients are becoming chronically infected by C. Diff and require lifelong vancomycin. Is something else other than a super virulent organism causing this problem? Is antibiotic usage altering the normal GI tract microbiota rendering these patients susceptible to recurrent bouts of C. diff colitis?
Infectious disease specialist, Dr. Vincent Young, MD PhD of the university of Michigan, discusses these issues.
Produced and interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Vincent Young from the University of Michigan discusses the NIH project to catalog the bacterium that normally live within the human body and assist in normal physiology.
July 19, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD
I emailed earlier today a leading HIV researcher, Monica Gandhi MD, MPH from Read more »
