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Meet Robin: “What Would It Be Like to be Normal?”

Meet Robin: “What Would It Be Like to be Normal?”

by cjeangrover@yahoo.com | Apr 20, 2025 | Blog, US Thalidomide Story

As a child, being aware of my physical difference, it seems I’ve always tried to maintain balance and poise. The older I get, the more difficult it is to be balanced, I’ve gained weight, I’m not as flexible, which only adds to my challenges....
Entered for a Pulitzer prize: “The Devil in the Details”

Entered for a Pulitzer prize: “The Devil in the Details”

by cjeangrover@yahoo.com | Feb 5, 2025 | News Coverage

The Doctor Who Said No To Thalidomide In 2024, Lost Women of Science embarked upon a podcast, a 5 part series that looks into — with depth and accuracy — the Thalidomide tragedy in the USA, and Dr. Frances Kelsey. Many members of USA Thalidomide Survivors...
Book Review: WONDER DRUG

Book Review: WONDER DRUG

by cjeangrover@yahoo.com | Jul 13, 2023 | Blog, US Thalidomide Story, WONDER DRUG: the Secret History of Thalidomide in American and Its Hidden Victims

This book for me has been 61 years in the making. I am a character in the book — honestly, I really am. And so are a lot of my friends from U.S. Thalidomide Survivors, a nonprofit formed only a few years ago in 2018. This book is us. This book literally helped us find...
Why we had to make “Thalidomide in the USA: the Forgotten Survivors”

Why we had to make “Thalidomide in the USA: the Forgotten Survivors”

by cjeangrover@yahoo.com | Jan 31, 2022 | Blog, US Thalidomide Story

The fact that the world still thinks there were no — or very few — thalidomide survivors born in the US is still a source of amazement for me. We have done an exceptional job, I feel, of documenting our story in this website, and traffic has increased each...
A 60th anniversary, and “Prescribing Horror” — a week for thalidomide

A 60th anniversary, and “Prescribing Horror” — a week for thalidomide

by cjeangrover@yahoo.com | Nov 27, 2021 | Blog

It has been a week in the thalidomide world. November 27 marked the 60th anniversary of the market withdrawal of Contergan (the German trademark name for thalidomide). This anniversary was commemorated by the German Association of People affected by Thalidomide...
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