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...drugs and dozens of cases of stroke and arrhythmias, but cause and effect are far from certain. Those are small numbers given that 2.5 million kids and 1.5 million adults in the U.S. take the drugs, but some panel members think many cases may go unreported. Cardiologist Steven Nissen, who proposed the warning, is worried about adults on the drugs, 10% of whom are over 50 and may have other risk factors for heart trouble...
When Oprah Winfrey has declared you "more than a politician," when you've had dinner with Bill Gates and Steven Spielberg and received 300 speaking invitations a week, things are going well for you as a freshman Senator. So you might forgive Barack Obama for being cautious in his first year on Capitol Hill. Why should he risk blemishing an almost perfect public persona that could help him win the presidency one day? But last month Obama finally found his cause: he wanted to lead Democrats in the push for lobbying and ethics reform. The issue seemed perfect...
...meeting took an unexpected turn when cardiologist Steven Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic made a motion for a black box warning. Dr. Nissen, who was among the early warners on the risks of the now-withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx, was concerned that the 25 cases might be just the tip of an iceberg. "There's no mandatory reporting of these cases," he says. He notes that the stimulants in question are known to raise blood pressure and heart rate. "Raising blood pressure of a child or adult continuously over many years worries me," Nissen told TIME. "There is a linear...
...much of Steven Hudson is based on yourself...
...long-standing organization of business and university representatives in which Summers participates. The range of influential figures who signed the letter reflects the widespread consensus that an increased commitment to American innovation should be a national priority, Casey said. Those who signed the open letter include Microsoft President Steven A. Ballmer ’77, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Secretary of State Madeline K. Albright, and the presidents of Yale, Princeton, and MIT. The letter has been in the works for a long time, according to Casey, and was not conceived as a response...