Old drugs beat new in hypertension study shocks industry
A landmark eight year study of 42 000 patients shows diuretic pills costing about 10 cents outperform newer calcium channel blockers and ACE inhibitors in lowering blood pressure and preventing cardiovascular disease. Despite cost and proven effectiveness, diuretics are used in only 27 percent of hypertension prescriptions. The report questions current drug research focus and raises concerns about the influence of industry on safety assessments and marketing, urging more old versus new drug comparisons and NIH leadership to revise the approach.
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America
U.S
FDA
National Institutes of Health
Pfizer Inc
The Southern Illinoisan Editorial Staff Contact Info
A compact reader notice lists Publisher Dennis DeRossett Managing Editor Gerald Garcia and Opinion Editor Jeff Smyth, with contact details for newsroom tips letters and subscriptions, plus classifieds and display ad contacts and letters policy for The Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale Illinois.
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Thesouthern
Carbondale
Murphysboro
de Soto
Williamson County
New Year hopes for 2003 from Jim Muir
A column listing personal wishes for 2003 including fewer teen driver crashes with tougher laws, quick answers to a pot theft at Franklin County Jail, a contract settlement between SIUC Faculty Association and administration, Blagojevich as governor tackling corruption and corrections reform, a World Series for the Cardinals, Rams respectability, SIUC Salukis football success, a new $70 million federal courthouse in Franklin County, and a spirit of civil disagreement.
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Franklin County
Illinois
SIUC
Rod Blagojevich
Blagojevich
Department of Corrections
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Rams
Salukis
Jerry Kill
Marion
Robert Butler
U.S
G. Patrick Murphy
Predictions and opinions on hunting ethics and predators in Illinois
A letter argues hunting as ethical wildlife management focusing on dollars, promoting waterfowl and deer hunting on public land, and notes predator numbers rising in Illinois. The writer claims furbearer management suffers from anti hunting groups and predicts economic and global tensions for 2003.
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PETA
Illinois
China and the rise of global networks in world affairs
John C. Bersia argues that globalization shifts power from nation-states to networks, with China driven by entrepreneurs beyond Beijing’s political image. He cites the Chinese Overseas Network and other global networks, including illicit ones, as pivotal forces shaping economics, security, and policy worldwide.
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John Naisbitt
China
Naisbitt
Beijing
United States
al-Qaeda
Moises Naim
Foreign Policy Journal
Naim
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