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Alex O’Meara is an award-winning journalist who has worked for the City News Bureau of Chicago, the Washington DC bureau of the Baltimore Sun; Newsday; NBC in Tucson; and many other media organizations. He is the author of Chasing Medical Miracles: The Promise and Perils of Clinical Trials (Walker 2009).

 

Reviews

“O'Meara writes with authority...[and] is adept at portraying clinical trials and in discussing ethical concerns.” – Wall St. Journal

“In the ethically murky world of clinical trials, Alex O'Meara's book is an illumination...educational in a valuable and troubling way.” — Stephen P. Kiernan, Author of “Last Rights: Rescuing End of Life From the Medical System”

“Must reading for anyone considering participating in a clinical trial, whether to test treatment for an illness they have been diagnosed with or not.” – Booklist, starred review

“O'Meara presents lessons from a medical front that offers something more important than success or failure - hope.” – Publishers Weekly

“Chasing Medical Miracles tells the truth about the byzantine world of clinical trials. O'Meara exposes the ethics of medical research both in the U.S. and abroad. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how new medicines are developed.” –  Joe Graedon, M.S., and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., authors of 'The People's Pharmacy'

 

Books

 
 
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Chasing Medical Miracles

Chasing Medical Miracles is the first book to give readers a behind-the-scenes look at the complicated world of clinical trials, revealing how a multibillion-dollar industry of private companies conducting them with little oversight has taken root and quietly become a major part of the American medical establishment.

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