TheStar.com | GTA | Heart drug's higher death risk detailed in study

TheStar.com | GTA | Heart drug's higher death risk detailed in study: "A massive Canadian study that caused a popular heart surgery drug to be pulled from the shelves last November has shown it increased the risk of death by 50 per cent over two rival medications." [thestar.com]

Nova Scotia News - TheChronicleHerald.ca

Nova Scotia News - TheChronicleHerald.ca: "An expensive drug used to minimize severe bleeding during heart surgery actually significantly increased the risk that patients would die during surgery or in the 30 days following, a Canadian study comparing the drug to two far cheaper alternatives shows." [The Canadian Press]

AFP: Drug aprotinin boosts risk of death: study

AFP: Drug aprotinin boosts risk of death: study: "Aprotinin, a drug often used to prevent blood loss during heart surgery, boosts the risk of death by 50 percent, a major clinical study done in Canada and published in the United States Wednesday found confirming preliminary data." [AFP]