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Lost Women of ScienceLost Women of Science Conversations: Wonder DrugWhile researching her book about thalidomide in America, Jennifer Vanderbes discovered that there were far more survivors in the U.S. than originally thought – at least ten times more. These survivors were born with shortened limbs and other serious medical conditions after their mothers unwittingly took thalidomide in the early 1960s in so-called clinical trials. Wonder Drug tells the story of Vanderbes’ trek across the U.S. in search of these thalidomide survivors. It also revisits the role of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration medical reviewer Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey – the subject of our recent five-part season – who refus...
2024-10-1736 min
The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander HeffnerThe Origin of the FDA MandateNovelist Jennifer Vanderbes discusses the secret history of thalidomide in America.
2024-02-1228 min
Medical Evidence Matters with Liz TuckerThalidomide - The Story You Don’t Know (Part Two)This is the second episode of a two parter about a new investigation into the drug thalidomide, so if you haven’t listened to part one, please do go back and listen to that first.
Thalidomide is one of the greatest medical catastrophes of the 20th century. It’s now thought to have been responsible for around 100,000 miscarriages and disabled children.
In this episode, journalist Jennifer Vanderbes reveals the second half of the story. The result of six years of research, resulting in her recent book: Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomi...
2023-11-2848 minMedical Evidence Matters with Liz TuckerThalidomide - The Story You Don’t Know (Part Two)This is the second episode of a two parter about a new investigation into the drug thalidomide, so if you haven’t listened to part one, please do go back and listen to that first.
Thalidomide is one of the greatest medical catastrophes of the 20th century. It’s now thought to have been responsible for around 100,000 miscarriages and disabled children.
In this episode, journalist Jennifer Vanderbes reveals the second half of the story. The result of six years of research, resulting in her recent book: Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomi...
2023-11-2848 min
The Book CaseJennifer Vanderbes Chronicles the Dark History of ThalidomideYou might know the historical fiction of Jennifer Vanderbes, but just wait until you read Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims. Think thalidomide didn’t affect mothers and children in this country? Think again. Wonder Drug is the hidden American story of thalidomide: yes, it did get to pregnant women and yes there were children born effected by phocomelia in this country. Although the system denied their existence for decades, this beautifully researched book tells their story, as well as the deeply disturbing truth about how this drug was distributed behind the ba...
2023-11-1642 minMedical Evidence Matters with Liz TuckerThalidomide - The Story You Don’t Know (Part One)It was one of the greatest medical tragedies of the 20th century.
In 1957, a new wonder drug was launched in Germany. It was marketed as an astonishingly safe sedative. Tragically, this could not have been further from the truth. For this was the drug thalidomide, and it would end up being responsible for around 100,000 miscarriages and disabled children.
This week’s guest, journalist Jennifer Vanderbes, in a forensic six year investigation has uncovered compelling and shocking new information about warnings that went unheeded, test results that were misrepresented, and uncovered scores of potential victims who hav...
2023-11-1450 minMedical Evidence Matters with Liz TuckerThalidomide - The Story You Don’t Know (Part One)It was one of the greatest medical tragedies of the 20th century.
In 1957, a new wonder drug was launched in Germany. It was marketed as an astonishingly safe sedative. Tragically, this could not have been further from the truth. For this was the drug thalidomide, and it would end up being responsible for around 100,000 miscarriages and disabled children.
This week’s guest, journalist Jennifer Vanderbes, in a forensic six year investigation has uncovered compelling and shocking new information about warnings that went unheeded, test results that were misrepresented, and uncovered scores of potential victims who hav...
2023-11-1450 min
Coffee, Wine & Chocolate - Inspired by People, Places & ThingsUpdate and Whole Life BalanceIn this episode, I talk about updates on me and my life, what is going on, what has been happening and what I am involved in. Then I share a positive article about Whole Life Balance.Links:Power of Positivity - 4 Reasons You Need a Whole Life Balance by Matthew TurnerWonder Drug by Jennifer VanderbesI hope you all are enjoying my new layout of my podcast. Please let me know by leaving a rating and/or informative comment. It helps me and helps others find my podcast. T...
2023-08-1024 min
Ralph Nader Radio HourWonder DrugRalph spends the whole hour with Jennifer Vanderbes, author of “Wonder Drug: The Secret History Of Thalidomide In America And Its Hidden Victims.” Thalidomide was never “commercially available” in the U.S., but American doctors handed out samples to patients even though no one could prove the drug was safe. Or could definitively say what the drug did. And by the time thalidomide landed at the FDA for approval, whistleblowers, journalists, doctors, and patients in Germany, Australia, and the UK were sounding the alarm about its shocking side effects.Jennifer Vanderbes is an award-winning novelist, journalist and screenwr...
2023-07-291h 09
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, True CrimeThe Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomide Scandal by Jennifer VanderbesPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/550678 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomide Scandal Author: Jennifer Vanderbes Narrator: Jennifer Vanderbes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 6, 2023 Genres: True Crime Publisher's Summary: Longlisted for the Andrew 2024 Carnegie Medal for Non-Fiction The shocking, never-before-told story of America’s thalidomide victims In Germany on Christmas Day 1956 a baby girl was born without ears. She was the first victim of the notorious thalidomide epidemic. There would be over 10,000 more across 46 countries. For years the world believed the United States had avoided the...
2023-07-0605 min
Get Hooked On A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Eye-Opening.Wonder Drug by Jennifer VanderbesPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/92603to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Wonder Drug
Author: Jennifer Vanderbes
Narrator: Jennifer Vanderbes
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
Release date: 07-06-23
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Genres: Historical
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In Germany on Christmas Day 1956 a baby girl was born without ears. She was the first victim of the notorious thalidomide epidemic. There would be over 10,000 more across 46 countries. For years the world believed the United States had avoided the catastrophe. After Frances Kelsey at the FDA became suspicious of the dangers of thalidomide in 1960, she led a successful fight to block its...
2023-07-0610h 10
NPR's Book of the Day'Wonder Drug' traces the dark history of thalidomide and the birth defects it causedIn the 1960s, FDA inspector Frances Kelsey was assigned her first drug to review: thalidomide. Her thorough investigation led her to discover that the drug had caused pregnant women to bear babies with birth defects around the world – including in the U.S., where the drug had been distributed in clinical trials. Jennifer Vanderbes' new book, Wonder Drug, looks back on that chapter of American history. In today's episode, she tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe how big and unregulated the pharmaceutical industry was at that time, and how patients suffered the consequences.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.co...
2023-07-0507 min
High-Quality Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureWonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims by Jennifer VanderbesPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625930 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims Author: Jennifer Vanderbes Narrator: Jennifer Vanderbes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: June 27, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “A shocking saga of pharmaceutical malpractice . . . Wonder Drug is both a first-rate medical thriller and the searing account of a forgotten American tragedy.”—Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain A “fascinating and compassionate” (People) account of the most notorious drug of the twentieth c...
2023-06-2710 min
Dive Into Your Ears To A Heart-Pounding Full Audiobook.Wonder Drug by Jennifer VanderbesPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/90606to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Wonder Drug
Author: Jennifer Vanderbes
Narrator: Jennifer Vanderbes
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
Release date: 06-27-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 37 ratings
Genres: Medical
Publisher's Summary:
In 1959, a Cincinnati pharmaceutical firm, the William S. Merrell Company, quietly began distributing samples of an exciting new wonder drug already popular around the world. Touted as a sedative without risks, thalidomide was handed out freely, under the guise of clinical trials, by doctors who believed approval by the Food and Drug Administration was imminent. But in 1960, when the application for thalidomide...
2023-06-2710h 10
Top Shelf with Russell LibraryThe Perfect Gift︱Pocket Full of PosiesThere's nothing quite like browsing through a beautiful store to find that perfect gift. In an age of online shopping and instant gratification, it's a joy to slow down and connect with the tangible, tactile world. In today's episode, Christy and Stephanie chat with Kristin Smith from Pocket Full of Posies to explore the wondrous shop created by her mother, Dottie. Together, Dottie and Kristin bring a lovely dose of whimsy and beauty to the Main Street Market in Middletown. Shopping local is easy when there are stores like theirs in the neighborhood. Get a jumpstart on your holiday...
2022-10-1844 min
All the Books!All the Backlist! December 1, 2017This week, Liberty discusses Easter Island, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, City of Thieves, and more great older books.This week’s episode is sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books discussed on the show:Easter Island by Jennifer...
2017-12-0311 min