Earlier Jobs I spent more than 15 years as an investigative reporter in Washington, D.C. and Chicago and about 5 years on the U.S. Senate staff. Washington Correspondent for The Chicago Sun-Times. Member of the special investigative unit for the Chicago Sun-Times. I had two assignments in the U.S. Senate. For the last decade most of my time has gone to writing four books that have focused on prescription drugs, medical and health topics.
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The Placebo Effect in Antidepressant Drugs . Prescription for Disaster An overview of a safety system with flaws that cause thousands of preventable deaths every year. It is a lecture version of the book. Post Market Safety Monitoring . An analysis of what is wrong the system for monitoring the safety of prescription drugs once they are on the market.