Does PFO closure prevent stroke?: The CLOSURE I trial
Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD (In full screen 1080 HD for better viewing of the data graphs) Neurologist S. Claiborne Johnston, M.D., Ph.D. of UCSF reviews the NMT Medical plagued CLOSURE I trial...
View ArticleEarly breast cancer screening leads to false positives and overdiagnosis
Archie Bleyer, MD, radiation oncologist at the Oregon Health and Science University, discusses his NEJM paper that concluded early breast cancer screening using mammography led to more findings of...
View ArticleBending the cost curve of cancer care
Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD (Video viewable in full-screen HD) Since the approval of Genentech’s costly Avastin in 2004, prominent oncologists have warned that the total cost of all of the new...
View ArticleMechanism for squamous cell carcinoma caused by Zelboraf for melanoma
Story and video interview By Steven Greer, MD Antoni Ribas, MD, oncologist at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses his NEJM paper that elucidated the molecular pathway that leads to...
View ArticleCombined BRAF and MEK inhibition to treat BRAF mutation melanoma
Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD October 5, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD Half of all melanoma tumors are driven by a mutation in the BRAF gene, and Roche’s new Zelboraf drug treats those BRAF mutation...
View ArticleAntoni Ribas, MD discusses cancer drugs targeting the PD1 signaling pathways
Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD March 19, 2013 The upcoming ASCO meeting will be dominated by numerous presentations relating to new cancer drugs targeting the cell surface molecule called PD-L1,...
View ArticleBenjamin Sommers, MD PhD: the challenges of expanding Medicaid
Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD Under the ACA health insurance reform laws, approximately 16 million new Medicaid patients will be added to the system within a few years. Benjamin Sommers, MD PhD,...
View ArticleBenjamin Sommers, MD PhD: Will more Medicaid patients stress the system...
Interviewed by Steven Greer MD Under the ACA health insurance reform laws, approximately 16 million new Medicaid patients will be added to the system in a few years. Medicaid pays hospitals and doctors...
View ArticleWill healthcare spending really continue at its current pace?
Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD The consensus among government budget forecasters such as the CBO is that the current growth rate of healthcare spending will continue and result in healthcare becoming...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins survey of public views on gun policies
Colleen Barry, PhD, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public health discusses her NEJM article that was a study of the public views on various gun control policies being proposed. Most of them...
View ArticleJennifer Temel, MD, Vicki Jackson, MD: Early palliative care improves...
Produced and interviewed by Steven Greer, MD A group from Harvard published a paper in The NEJM that showed early initiation of palliative care in a group of lung cancer patients resulted in improved...
View ArticleNew therapies for Multiple Sclerosis
Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Best viewed in full screen, 1080i HD Barbara Giesser, MD, neurologist and Medical Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at UCLA, discusses the soon-to-be-approved...
View ArticleHow Boston medical centers prepare for unconventional weapon attacks
Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Paul Biddinger, MD, Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, Massachusetts General Hospital and also Chairman of the Massachusetts Medical Society’s Committee on...
View ArticleThe Massachusetts General trauma response to the Boston bombings
Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Paul Biddinger, MD, Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, Massachusetts General Hospital and also Chairman of the Massachusetts Medical Society’s Committee on...
View ArticleThe new ACO’s coming and legal implications
Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD For hospital administrators and practicing doctors, one of the biggest issues for 2011 and beyond will be the creation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) mandated...
View ArticleDoes PFO closure prevent stroke?: The CLOSURE I trial
Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD (In full screen 1080 HD for better viewing of the data graphs) Neurologist S. Claiborne Johnston, M.D., Ph.D. of UCSF reviews the NMT Medical plagued CLOSURE I trial...
View ArticleBending the cost curve of cancer care
Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD (Video viewable in full-screen HD) Since the approval of Genentech’s costly Avastin in 2004, prominent oncologists have warned that the total cost of all of the new...
View ArticleEarly breast cancer screening leads to false positives and overdiagnosis
Archie Bleyer, MD, radiation oncologist at the Oregon Health and Science University, discusses his NEJM paper that concluded early breast cancer screening using mammography led to more findings of...
View ArticleNew therapies for Multiple Sclerosis
Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Best viewed in full screen, 1080i HD Barbara Giesser, MD, neurologist and Medical Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at UCLA, discusses the soon-to-be-approved...
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