http://www.alexomeara.com Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:15:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.alexomeara.com/2011/03/steve-earle-singer-author-hell-never-get-out-of-this-world-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Out of This World: Always literate Steve Earle goes literary with novel + album « Tincanland Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:15:06 +0000 http://www.alexomeara.com/?p=691#comment-126 [...] How much it all ties together will have to wait for the book, which is fine because it allows time to keep playing the album over and over. Deliciously New Orleans flavoured, more roots than country and often lyrically nuanced, it was recorded in five days – as more albums should be – with the ubiquitous T-Bone Burnett.    Publisher’s Weekly interview [...] [...] How much it all ties together will have to wait for the book, which is fine because it allows time to keep playing the album over and over. Deliciously New Orleans flavoured, more roots than country and often lyrically nuanced, it was recorded in five days – as more albums should be – with the ubiquitous T-Bone Burnett.    Publisher’s Weekly interview [...]

]]> http://www.alexomeara.com/2011/03/cure-talk-review-of-medical-miracles/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Kimberly Blozie Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:49:01 +0000 http://www.alexomeara.com/?p=653#comment-125 Hi Alex! Thanks for recognizing our book review. I am really enjoying reading it so far and have written a few more blogs about various topics you raised, this one about the bigness of the industry (http://trialx.com/curetalk/2011/03/clinical-research-24-billion-dollar-industry-favors-private-sites/). I think more books breaking down and explaining clinical research in plain English are desperately needed. This industry is so far removed from the people that will eventually consume the new medicine or devices that anything we can do, I believe, is appreciated. Thanks again! Hi Alex! Thanks for recognizing our book review. I am really enjoying reading it so far and have written a few more blogs about various topics you raised, this one about the bigness of the industry (http://trialx.com/curetalk/2011/03/clinical-research-24-billion-dollar-industry-favors-private-sites/). I think more books breaking down and explaining clinical research in plain English are desperately needed. This industry is so far removed from the people that will eventually consume the new medicine or devices that anything we can do, I believe, is appreciated. Thanks again!

]]> http://www.alexomeara.com/2010/09/redefining-clinical-trials-out-of-existence/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Elizabeth Burton Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:44:07 +0000 http://www.alexomeara.com/?p=445#comment-86 When you consider that the current clinical trial protocols don't address the issue of long-term use of powerful pharmaceuticals for chronic conditions as it is, suggesting physicians should be allowed to bypass them altogether on "compassionate" grounds suggests to me that someone has a very odd definition of compassion. When you consider that the current clinical trial protocols don’t address the issue of long-term use of powerful pharmaceuticals for chronic conditions as it is, suggesting physicians should be allowed to bypass them altogether on “compassionate” grounds suggests to me that someone has a very odd definition of compassion.

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