Medical News Can Be a Bitter Pill to Swallow

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BOSTON - I kind of miss seeing Dorothy Hamill glide across the surface of those Vioxx commercials on her silver blades. The Gold Medal winner reminded me of the old joke about the man who asks his surgeon if he'll be able to play the piano after the operation. When the doctor says yes, the man says, "that's funny, I couldn't play it before."

I never got beyond a figure eight in my local rink. But I began to have a fantasy that if I popped a couple of Vioxx I could finally do a triple Lutz before I got on Medicare.

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Medical News Can Be a Bitter Pill to Swallow

This heart's desire collapsed when the drug to relieve arthritis was found to increase the risk of heart problems. Vioxx could give you pain relief without ulcers but you might have a heart a...

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