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From a post about mesothelioma.

Working with asbestos is the major risk factor for mesothelioma. A history of asbestos exposure at work is reported in about 70 percent to 80 percent of all cases. However, mesothelioma has been reported in some individuals without any known exposure to asbestos.

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From an inteview about whistleblowers, the FDA, and Vioxx.

This is best shown by FDA whistleblower Dr. Graham. After warning of the dangers associated with Vioxx™ he described his work environment as one of hostility, threats, and intimidation. This same hostility applies to the environment at a drug company when, as a chemist, you disagree with a given drug’s safety and efficacy.

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Sometimes laws intended to decrease medical malpractice rates have the opposite result in the marketplace.

Despite promises that rising medical malpractice insurance rates would be suppressed under new state laws, many of Georgia’s insurers have hiked their premiums since the sweeping reforms took effect last year, according to an Associated Press analysis of state insurance records.

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The AMA is advocating a moratorium on drug advertising until doctors have time to assess the risks of the new drugs.

Such increased scrutiny of drug ads comes in the wake of product safety issues involving heavily promoted drugs including Vioxx, a painkiller that was pulled from the market nearly two years ago after studies showed it increased risks of heart attacks and strokes.

It's not clear that this would have helped with Vioxx since Merck was withholding information.

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