Stewart Adams Pharmacist
Adams headed the team that created the first successful nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (or “NSAID”) since aspirin.
From This is True for 3 February 2019
medicine
Doctors and medical researchers
Ellsworth Wareham Heart surgeon
“I think that if you’re old, you should keep away from old people. And keep with young people.”
From This is True for 16 December 2018
Earl Bakken Electric tinkerer
Bakken invented the first portable battery-operated pacemaker.
From This is True for 28 October 2018
Arvid Carlsson Dopamine doctor
Carlsson came up with the first effective treatment for Parkinson’s disease.
From This is True for 8 July 2018
Herbert Needleman “Lead industry” foe
“I don’t use this word often, but ‘hero’ is appropriate in Herb’s case.”
From This is True for 21 July 2017
John Sarno Pain doctor
Other doctors derided Sarno behind his back …but consulted him for their own chronic pain problems.
From This is True for 25 June 2017
George Weinberg Psychologist
Weinberg coined the word ‘homophobia’.
From This is True for 19 March 2017
Thomas Starzl Transplant researcher
Starzl’s work had been cited by other researchers more than any other researcher in the world.
From This is True for 5 March 2017
Denton Cooley Heart surgeon
“Dr. Cooley is probably the very best heart surgeon who has ever lived.”
From This is True for 20 November 2016
W. Dudley Johnson Cardiologist
A cardiologist, Johnson found it “very difficult to tell someone to go home, I can’t do anything for you.”
From This is True for 30 October 2016