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...years ago, you could hardly pick up a newspaper or a magazine (including this one) without catching the buzz about a pill called Redux that was going to revolutionize the way Americans lose weight. Then last summer doctors noticed an alarming number of heart-valve problems in their patients who took Redux or its chemical cousin fenfluramine, prompting the recall of both drugs. Now comes word, from three studies published in last week's New England Journal of Medicine, that the heart problems may not be as serious as was first feared--at least for patients who took the pills...
...good thing that has come out of all this is that doctors and patients seem more realistic about another diet pill, Meridia, which was approved after Redux was recalled. Most see it as part of a diet-and-exercise program instead of a one-pill panacea. And physicians are more likely to restrict its use to the truly obese...
...administration?s business -- trying to squeeze IMF funding out of the House as soon as possible. Indeed, both men ?- who these days are not-so-laughingly deemed the last two viable leaders in the economic world -? remain convinced, even as the contagion continues to spread, that their bitter-pill regimen is the only way to go, not only to cure today?s ills but to immunize economies against tomorrow?s tremblings. House members, as always, nodded politely, but two moments Wednesday seemed to capture perfectly the persistent understanding gap between economists and politicians. One was when a member asked...
...biggest bug in the blue-pill program is its effect on the old ticker. Viagra was already known to clash badly with heart disease drugs such as nitroglycerin; now the researchers have anecdotal evidence to suggest that any cardiovascular complaint might put you in the danger zone. Pfizer's response? You're 2.5 times more likely to have heart trouble in the hours after sex anyway -- with or without the little blue pill. And since that hasn't stopped men so far, these latest warnings are hardly likely to deflate Viagra's sales figures: 3.6 million and rising...
...require taking so many samples that throughout the flight, Glenn will wear a catheter implanted in his arm, allowing easy access to a vein without a new needle stick each time. He will wear a suit wired with sensors to measure his sleep cycles and will swallow a horse-pill-size thermometer that will take temperature readings as it passes through his body...