Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia

September 1, 2010, 6:25 am by Associated Press Healthwire

By STEPHANIE NANO 2010-09-01T22:25:41Z NEW YORK (AP) -- Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems....

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