Friday, September 30, 2005

Cardiologist testifies in Vioxx suit

"Two heart specialists testified Thursday that a man suing the maker of Vioxx over his heart attack had a healthy heart before being stricken, and that the painkiller may have been the cause.

"Humeston, a Boise, Idaho, postal worker, was a nonsmoker with no history of high blood pressure, heart disease, family history of heart trouble or diabetes when he had the heart attack in September 2001, Dr. David Sim testified on a videotape played for jurors in Humeston's product liability trial against Merck & Co." [Businessweek]