Somehow I’ve become a skilled professional.
Sharing what’s important in our complex world doesn’t mean a thing unless a reader can quickly engage with a story.
I use my writing, video, and digital media skills to grab a reader or viewer right away. Compelling copy or a brief video allows me to easily share important health, medical and scientific information with my audience.
Clear and Engaging Content
Trained as a science, health and medical reporter, I’m happy my skills work for digital media and content marketing too. In addition to traditional journalism, I have experience writing web copy, CEO speeches, social media posts and more. No two days are ever the same.
I’m one of those fortunate people who loves what they do for work.
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Here are examples of my writing:
Too Much Marijuana Can Make You Unpleasantly, Dangerously Sick
Damian McNamara, MA
February 15, 2022
In addition to chronic use or higher doses, it’s likely that the higher potency levels of THC in the legal marijuana industry trigger the syndrome in some people as well.
Linda estimates she ended up in emergency rooms at least a half-dozen times in the last 5 years. In April 2021, she had a “pretty serious event.” She blames it on traveling a lot for work, not eating right, and not getting enough sleep. She broke her 2-year abstinence with alcohol.
“I basically didn’t listen to my body and paid a pretty significant price for it,” she says.
WEBMD HEALTH NEWS
Surgeons, Who See It Up Close, Offer Ways to Stop Gun Violence
June 2, 2022 – Trauma surgeons are in the tough position of seeing victims just after gun violence across the United States, and they have some advice.
Their strategies can work regardless of where you stand on the Second Amendment of the Constitution, said Patricia Turner, MD. “Our proposals are embraced by both gun owners and non-gun owners alike, and we are unique in that regard.”
These “implementable solutions” could prevent the next massacre, Turner, executive director of the American College of Surgeons, said during a news briefing the group sponsored Thursday.
“Our future – indeed all of our futures – depend on our ability to find durable, actionable steps that we can implement tomorrow to save lives,” she said.
Firsthand Perspective
“Sadly I’m here today as a trauma surgeon who has cared for two of the largest mass shootings in modern U.S. history,” said Ronald Stewart, MD, chair of the Department of Surgery at University Hospital in San Antonio, TX.
Lies and Desperation: How, Why ‘Professional Study Subjects’ Skew Clinical Research
July 14, 2020
When a clinical study on asthma launched in late 2019 in Louisiana, Patricia M. (not her real name) signed up. But she was not completely honest about her eligibility.
“One of the criteria was you can’t have taken prednisone steroids in the past two or three weeks. But I actually had taken prednisone a few days before, so I lied and said I hadn’t,” she tells Medscape Medical News. Otherwise, she says, “that would have put me out of the study.”
For another study, on severe allergies and nasal polyps, Patricia omitted her medication history.
“They were testing different nasal sprays to see how well they would shrink nasal polyps. They wanted to try Nasacort [Sanofi]. I was actually already using Nasacort, but I told them I wasn’t,” she says.
“I didn’t feel good about it. I’m usually an honest person,” she adds. “But the study paid $400.”
Researchers checked her driver’s license, required a note from her physician, photos of her prescription medications, and requested permission to access her health portal. “If you don’t have asthma, diabetes, or hypertension, you’re not going to be able to fake it and get into a study,” Patricia says.
For researchers, these so-called ‘professional study subjects’ are much more than a nuisance. Their deception can ruin the chances of an otherwise effective agent reaching the market, potentially dashing the hopes and jeopardizing the health of real patients living with a variety of acute and chronic illnesses.
The Strong Lead 