Medical Research Matters

Anne McDonough thinks about medical writing, global clinical research and development, and trial design because… medical research matters.

Medical research DOES matter!

While many developing countries were experiencing improved life expectancy and consequent socioeconomic progress over the last several decades, South Africa was moving in the opposite direction.  Adult life expectancy (the mean age to which a 15-year-old can expect to live) decreased, and the number of deaths in South Africa nearly doubled from 1997 to 2006…. read more