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Spoonful of Medicine, and Risk?

It's been a week since the release of a controversial study suggesting the popular diabetes drug Avandia increases the risk of heart attacks and heart deaths. The Food and Drug Administration is convening a panel of experts to investigate, but there is at least one point on which most doctors appear to agree: The whole process of ensuring drug safety in this country is seriously flawed. In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Dr. Janet Woodcock, deputy commissioner of the FDA, conceded:...Full Story
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