Study finds stroke risk from anemia drug Aranesp
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 20:56
in Health & Medicine
A new study raises fresh safety concerns about widely used anemia medicines, finding that the drug Aranesp nearly doubled the risk of stroke in people with diabetes and chronic kidney problems who are not yet sick enough to need dialysis....
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