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  <title><![CDATA[Miracle Cure]]></title>
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  <default_description>The master of medical suspense takes you to prestigious Boston Heart Institute, where some patients are dying to get well....&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After a troubled past, Dr.&#160;&#160;Brian Holbrook has been given a second chance to prove himself.&#160;&#160;At state-of-the-art Boston Heart Institute, he's been chosen to join the medical team testing a new miracle drug.&#160;&#160;The initial results are so promising that Brian pushes to get his father--who suffers from a dangerous heart condition--accepted into the study.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But Brian is beginning to suspect his superiors are hiding something.&#160;&#160;Why are crucial records disappearing? Why did a patient making startling progress suddenly die? Is the miracle drug a prescription for death? The answers could cost Brian more than his career.&#160;&#160;For at Boston Heart Institute, knowing too much is the quickest way to the morgue.</default_description>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Miracle Cure: About a former cardiologist who lost his job due to a prescription painkiller addiction originating from an old football injury. And, his father (his football coach, of course) has, rather conveniently for his son the cardiologist, pretty extensive heart problems. And, some big drug co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66096415">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a great read about a young Doctor, Brian who is trying desperately to get his life back in order after becoming addicted to pain killers and losing his medical license. When Brian's father is admitted into Boston Heart Institute for chest pains, Brian is unexpectedly called in to another pa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53452238">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 15 16:18:17 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 16 08:44:27 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's really good so far.  I'm getting so into it.  There's this guy who lost his license to practice medicine because of a drug addiction and when his dad gets a heart attck, he saves someone's life in the hospital and lands a job right there and that gets him his license back.  I love Palmer's book...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43177753">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of those &quot;medical&quot; mysteries...I like the way the author writes.  A new heart drug is about to be approved by the FDA and the main character finds out all the testing is bogus.  The ending gets a little bit hokey but overall a good read.  Gives you a little bit of insight in to what go...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55503289">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty good medical thriller.  It had your &quot;standard&quot; plot about corruption and such within the field of medicine but was a good read nevertheless.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[couldn't stop reading.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[good medical murder mystery.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very suspenseful.  I enjoyed the corruption within a hospital setting as well as the fact that the main character wasn't perfect in any way.  I was kept wondering how Brian Holbrook (MD) was being monitored by the &quot;bad guys&quot; up until the end.  There were a few moments when I felt bogged do...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29650580">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This one was pretty good; my first read of Palmers work. The storyline evolved around an experiment miracle drug used to cure heart patients of clogged coronary arteries. Although there were some very obvious plot points that made it easy to discern what would happen next, overall, it was still some...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20450335">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is another good medical thriller that deals with a race against time to find a cure for a drug to be accepted by the FDA. A fascinating read!]]></body>
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