The Cleveland Clinic researchers who drew attention to the heart risks of Vioxx in 2001 are shining the spotlight on another drug: Pargluva, an experimental diabetes pill developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck .
What troubles me is why Rice and Rutgers deserve more attention from the media than doctor Kermit Gosnell, who is on trial for eight counts of murder related to his abortion clinic in Philadelphia.