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  • April 2008

    • Merck Used Ghostwriters to Draft Rosy Vioxx Studies

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 15, 08 7:51 PM CDT

      Merck Used Ghostwriters to Draft Rosy Vioxx Studies

      Merck used its own ghostwriters to draft articles minimizing risks of its drug Vioxx, then found medical researchers to lend their names to the research, the Wall Street Journal reports. Merck, which pulled the painkiller from shelves four years ago over heart-attack risks, rejects the claims as "misleading." They appear in tomorrow's edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association . More »

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      ethics  • pharmaceutical companies  • Merck  • Vioxx  • medical studies  • JAMA

  • March 2008

    • Screening Isn't Slowing Staph: Study

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 12, 08 11:09 AM CDT

      Screening Isn't Slowing Staph: Study

      Widespread screening of hospital patients for the drug-resistant staph bacteria MRSA doesn’t appear to reduce the number of infections, a new study finds. Swiss researchers screened more than 10,000 patients for the superbug when they were admitted to the University of Geneva Hospitals. Another 10,000 weren’t tested. The rates of MRSA infections were similar for both groups, the Chicago Tribune reports.  More »

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      infection  • epidemic  • antibiotics  • staph infections  • MRSA  • epidemiology  • JAMA  • drug-resistant bacteria

  • June 2007

    • Breast Cancer Can Come From Dad, Too

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 20, 07 4:53 AM CDT

      Breast Cancer Can Come From Dad, Too

      Half of congenital breast cancer victims inherit the disease from their fathers, not their mothers, according to a new study. And unless dad has female relatives with the affliction, the responsible gene may go undiscovered. The study in JAMA warns doctors, increasingly screening family trees for cancer, not to overlook the paternal genetic danger of the devastating disease. More »

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      health  • cancer  • women  • breast cancer  • genetics  • women's health  • JAMA

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