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...three days of contentious discussion, an FDA advisory panel last week recommended that the COX-2 drugs Bextra and Celebrex remain on the market but with certain restrictions. Most panel members favored "black box" warnings on the packages indicating that the drugs raise the risk of heart attack and stroke and are therefore inappropriate for many patients. If the FDA adopts this strategy, it would mean the end of ads like the once ubiquitous "Celebrate!" spots for Celebrex, as black-box drugs may not be advertised directly to consumers. But there was tantalizing news for Rickhoff, Dobbs and other Vioxx...
Montefiore's portrait of Stalin and his circle is a deeply researched and wonderfully readable accomplishment--scholarship as a kind of savage gossip, history as a grisly Barbara Walters special, its sensationalism redeemed by Montefiore's deep grounding in the facts. It is a brilliant stroke, in any case, to describe Stalin and his immense crimes, the blood of millions, with the sardonic contempt and tabloid brio to which Montefiore's scholarship entitles...
...your brain? That may depend on how the fish is prepared. According to a 12-year study in the U.S. of nearly 5,000 men and women over 65, eating five or more servings each month of tuna or other baked or broiled fish decreases the risk of stroke 28%. But those protective benefits disappeared when the fish was fried. Eating at least one serving of fried fish or a fish burger each week led to a 37% increase in stroke risk, which grew with each additional serving. Frying seems to alter the ratio of good to bad fats, including...
During the 9-2 Harvard run to start the contest, Forte struggled to find his shooting stroke, missing two three-point attempts. By the 13:58 mark, he added another missed jumper, a turnover, and a 1-for-2 trip to the stripe...
...your brain? That may depend on how the fish is prepared. According to a 12-year study in the U.S. of nearly 5,000 men and women over 65, eating five or more servings each month of tuna or other baked or broiled fish decreases the risk of stroke 28%. But those protective benefits disappeared when the fish was fried. Eating at least one serving of fried fish or a fish burger each week led to a 37% increase in stroke risk, which grew with each additional serving. Frying seems to alter the ratio of good to bad fats, including...