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"Pfizer Inc. has revealed it completed a study four years ago that links its painkiller Celebrex to a 'statistically significant' increase in heart problems," reports the Boston Globe. When a December 2004 National Cancer Institute study found an increased risk of heart problems, Pfizer called the results "unexpected." A month later, Pfizer quietly published its own 1999 study, on the website of the industry-funded group Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. In other news, the SUV Owners of America are protesting a campaign to promote SUV safety. Stratacomm founder and SUVOA spokesperson Ron Defore said the campaign "perpetuates the myth that the largest of the SUV's are somehow these very dangerous vehicles."
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