Dave Davies
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And how long do typically patients live with this illness?
And with the treatments you have now, what kind of shape are you in? How's your day?
And with the treatments you have now, what kind of shape are you in? How's your day?
And with the treatments you have now, what kind of shape are you in? How's your day?
So being the dogged reporter that you are, you decided there was a story here in the high cost of the drug. We should note that you don't pay $1,000 a pill, right? You're lucky to have a health plan which covers it. But that's what it costs, the health plan, right? Yeah.
So being the dogged reporter that you are, you decided there was a story here in the high cost of the drug. We should note that you don't pay $1,000 a pill, right? You're lucky to have a health plan which covers it. But that's what it costs, the health plan, right? Yeah.
So being the dogged reporter that you are, you decided there was a story here in the high cost of the drug. We should note that you don't pay $1,000 a pill, right? You're lucky to have a health plan which covers it. But that's what it costs, the health plan, right? Yeah.
You know, thalidomide is such a notorious drug. Tell us a little bit about why it was originally developed and what caused the birth defects.
You know, thalidomide is such a notorious drug. Tell us a little bit about why it was originally developed and what caused the birth defects.
You know, thalidomide is such a notorious drug. Tell us a little bit about why it was originally developed and what caused the birth defects.
And the thalidomide would basically cut off the development of blood vessels to the fetus?
And the thalidomide would basically cut off the development of blood vessels to the fetus?
And the thalidomide would basically cut off the development of blood vessels to the fetus?
Right, which is ironically what made it helpful in fighting cancer tumors.
Right, which is ironically what made it helpful in fighting cancer tumors.
Right, which is ironically what made it helpful in fighting cancer tumors.
So it's a fascinating story as you tell it in the article. I mean, there's a breakthrough at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, aided in part by a tenacious woman named Beth Wollmer. You want to tell us that story?
So it's a fascinating story as you tell it in the article. I mean, there's a breakthrough at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, aided in part by a tenacious woman named Beth Wollmer. You want to tell us that story?
So it's a fascinating story as you tell it in the article. I mean, there's a breakthrough at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, aided in part by a tenacious woman named Beth Wollmer. You want to tell us that story?
And she went to Bologi, the doctor, and he said, try it?