BMJ  2007;335:226 (4 August), doi:10.1136/bmj.39294.399514.DB

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Alcohol raises risk of bowel cancer: Two units of alcohol a day, equivalent to a pint of beer or a large glass of wine, increase risk of bowel cancer by about 10%, says research based on the drinking habits of half a million people in 10 European countries. More than 30 g of alcohol a day increased their chances of developing the disease by 25% (International Journal of Cancer 2007 Jul 19 doi: 10.1002/ijc.22966).

Pfizer likely to face revised charges: The Nigerian government has withdrawn a $7bn (£3.4bn; {euro}5.1bn) civil lawsuit against Pfizer to refile the lawsuit with more serious charges over the use of an experimental drug, trovafloxacin, for the treatment of meningitis in children in Kano, Nigeria, in 1996 (BMJ 2007;334:1181 doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.658171.DB). Pfizer says that the drug was in a late stage of development and had already been tested in more than 5000 . . . [Full text of this article]


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