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...evidence didn't stop there. Subsequent studies based on reviews of large numbers of clinical records continued to show troubling indications. The final straw was a piece of research that Merck conducted. It was a particularly careful study--a randomized, double-blind trial of 2,600 patients, comparing Vioxx with a placebo--designed to determine whether Vioxx might prevent the formation of polyps in the colon. The study was scheduled to last three years, but two weeks ago, the panel of doctors and statisticians that was monitoring the trial's safety data informed Merck that the evidence of cardiovascular problems...
...scope of the Lord of the Rings cycle. A former animator, Smith draws characters that are both cute and scary, and he infuses every panel with dynamic energy. While children will read Bone for its breathless adventure and sight gags, older kids and adults will appreciate the themes of blind fanaticism and corrupting power. You might want to bone up on it. --By Andrew Arnold
...reflects all that is wrong with the leftist world view: excessive faith in the United Nations, failure to grasp the global nature of the terrorist threat, and an unwarranted suspicion of the world's most powerful nation. For Labor, the "rush to war" in Iraq exposed the blind spots in the government's foreign policy: excessive closeness to Washington ("sucking up" is Latham's term), insufficient respect for the U.N., and a wrongheaded readiness to fight other people's wars...
...Stacy Ann Mitchell and Teri Mitchell, authors of Livin' Large: African American Sisters Confront Obesity (Hilton), are on a crusade to save black women from what they view as an obesity epidemic. In a lively, encouraging book, the sisters pass along good, color-blind suggestions to women wanting to walk away from a lifetime of weight-related problems. Their honesty and enthusiasm will energize many women to battle the bulge. --By Andrea Sachs
Though she has been sightless since the age of 12, Sabriye Tenberken has never lost her vision. She sees the needs of those who share her disability. In the late 1990s, the Bonn native, who was blinded by a congenital degenerative retinal disease, studied for a master's degree in Tibetology in her hometown. But there was no Braille alphabet for the 42 syllable characters of that complex Asian language, so she developed one - in just two weeks. "It was a matter of necessity," she explains. "I had picked Tibet as the country where I later wanted to do development...