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New York Times Health News: 03-13-2006
Two studies found that while B vitamins did reduce the level of homocysteine, which was thought to be a risk factor, that did not cut the rate of heart attacks and strokes.
A study found Plavix may cause dangerous bleeding in patients who take it along with aspirin to ward off a first heart attack.
Druggists have complained to the White House that they are losing money under Medicare's new prescription drug benefit.
In his last issue as the editor of Harper’s, Lewis Lapham has left a parting gift for his successor: a firestorm in the media and among AIDS researchers.
With expenses rising because of higher labor and benefits costs, New York's hospital system is projecting a $509.9 million deficit.
The German drug and chemical company Merck KgaA plans to make a hostile bid Monday for Schering, a German rival.
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