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Heart attack, stroke or cancer. Take your pick. That was the choice I was being offered, or so it seemed. I'm one of hundreds of patients who were participating in clinical trials to investigate whether COX-2 inhibitors such as Celebrex and Vioxx, commonly used as anti-inflammatory drugs, are also effective in fighting or preventing cancer. But the trials were halted last year after reports that the risk of heart attack or stroke doubled among a group of Vioxx users. Vioxx was summarily yanked from the market and the tort lawyers immediately canceled lunch. Celebrex was also implicated...
...still unproven beyond the lab. Altorki and Keresztes had to halt my study when the Vioxx news broke. When they decided to resume, patients like me had to decide whether to continue and risk heart attack or stroke down the road. The doctors no longer require new subjects to enroll for a full two years, to track long-term survival--the heart danger seemed to kick in after about 18 months--but they are offering it as an option. Anyone who re-upped had to sign a revised waiver specifically advising them of the possible increased risk. On paper that...
...think we were pretty focused on Princeton and vice versa,” varsity stroke Adam Kosmicki said. “They just allowed us to push back every time they pushed...
...Everyone’s looking forward rather than back,” varsity stroke Adam Kosmicki said. “Nobody cares about what happened last year except the guys who are gone...
...When you’re down, you have to maintain confidence,” said junior varsity stroke Dan Reid, “or else that’s just not good racing...