vioxx - Yahoo! News Search ResultsenYahoo! Newsfalsehttp://www.postsouth.com/community/blogs/holmes-and-co/x2016702198/The-Vioxx-body-count2012-05-16T10:00:08-07:00Back in 2004, when Merck took Vioxx off the market, I remember reading that investigators believed the drug may have been responsible for as many as 50,000 deaths from heart attacks and strokes. 50,000! That must be a typo, I remember thinking, because, while the number appeared in various accounts, nobody seemed too upset about it.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-11/merck-australia-s-win-in-vioxx-ruling-is-upheld-by-court.html2012-05-11T00:05:55-07:00Merck & Co. (MRK) isn’t liable in Australia for heart risks associated with the Vioxx painkiller, the country’s top court ruled, upholding an appeal of the first trial decision outside the U.S.http://www.theage.com.au/national/vioxx-defeat-costs-law-firm-10m-20120511-1yid8.html2012-05-11T07:43:09-07:00Law firm Slater & Gordon has been denied special leave in the High Court to restore a Federal Court ruling that the anti-arthritis drug Vioxx was not fit for sale.http://cherryhill.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/vioxx-killed-half-a-million-the-facts-are-grim.aspx?googleid=3006042012-05-01T15:13:52-07:00It’s looking more and more likely that the Merck painkiller Vioxx, the blockbuster drug suspected of having caused more than 55,000 deaths from stroke and heart attack before being withdrawn from the market in 2004, actually killed many more people than we previously thought. While conducting research on America’s media coverage of the Vioxx scandal, publisher of The American Conservative Ron ...http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/slater--gordon-books-10m-vioxx-writedown-20120511-1yh3g.html2012-05-10T20:27:10-07:00Slater & Gordon shares fall after it says it will book a $10m non-cash writedown on its Vioxx class action.http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Slater-and-Gordon-to-book-10m-writedown-U75PD?opendocument&src=rss2012-05-10T20:28:54-07:00Law firm fails in bid for client to appeal decision on class action. 11 May 2012 1:20 PMhttp://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=284381&catid=12012-05-19T03:34:22-07:00Fluid retention may explain why medications such as Vioxx, Bextra and Avandia can increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, U.S. researchers suggest.http://rivertonradio.com/index.php/2012/05/22/midday-news-update-49/2012-05-22T10:55:23-07:00Alleged strangler tries to ditch authorities ... UPDATE: Bebout, Miller still unopposed ... Couple assaulted at Boot Bar ... Wyoming reaps $600 million in Vioxx settlement .....http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2012/05/02/studies-shine-light-on-how-vioxx-raises-heart-risks/?mod=WSJBlog2012-05-02T11:25:58-07:00Researchers have published the last of some 20 studies in humans and mice examining the underpinnings for the risks of taking Vioxx and related drugs.http://in.news.yahoo.com/pain-medication-vioxx-ups-heart-disease-risk-121430779.html2012-05-03T05:14:30-07:00Washington, May 3 (ANI): After almost 13 years of study and intense debate, researchers have shed light on exactly how a once-popular class of anti-inflammatory drugs leads to cardiovascular risk for people taking it.