Vioxx: Drug co ends largest civil suit with $4.85bn payout - Drug giant Merck has thrown in the towel and has made a massive $4.85 billion settlement to end the largest civil lawsuit in history against its paink...

Painkillers: Merck is back with another ‘safe’ drug - How to succeed in business, lesson 439: Tenacity and persistence. This lesson’s case study is drug company Merck. The company is currently fighting...

Vioxx - Safe enough for children - It's been discovered that the discredited painkiller Vioxx had been approved for use by children just days before the manufacturer removed it from the...

Heart Attack: Patients given useless drug - Patients who are rushed into intensive care after a sudden heart attack are being given a useless drug.

Inhalers: They dramatically increase the risk of fatal heart attack - Inhalers for lung problems such as emphysema and bronchitis can dramatically increase the risk of heart attack and death, a new study has found.

Heart Attack: Stress at work can cause it, and again - Are you in a job where you have a large workload, and no decision-making powers? Then you’re more likely to suffer a heart attack, researchers believ...

Heart attack: deadly drugs - Heart attack patients given antiarrhythmic (irregular heartbeat) drugs are more likely to die. ...

Psoriasis: Does it increase the risk of heart attack? - People with psoriasis, the chronic skin condition, are up to four times more likely to suffer a heart attack, especially if they are aged below 40 yea...