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New York Times Health News: 01-29-2005
Kaiser Permanente has stopped dispensing Bextra, an arthritis and pain drug made by Pfizer that may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Merck received yet another blow when a court unexpectedly invalidated a patent on Fosamax, an osteoporosis treatment that is Merck's second-best-selling drug.
President Bush promoted medical savings accounts while Senator John Kerry focused on a plan to expand health coverage to children.
Overweight people have a tendency to sit, while lean ones have trouble holding still, and the difference in activity levels may be inborn, researchers suggest.
The World Health Organization warned about the risk of dengue fever, malaria and other potentially fatal mosquito-borne diseases in countries struck by the tsunami.
The British Medical Journal has retracted a report about Eli Lilly & Company that said documents suggesting a link between Prozac and a heightened risk of suicide attempts.
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