Theeditorial staff of The Journal reviewed a large number of recentlypublishedresearch studiesrelated to the musculoskeletalsystem that received a Level of Evidence grade of IorII.
In an editorial accompanying the studies, Jerry Avorn and Aaron Kesselheim of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, questioned whether "improper" marketing may have contributed to the off-label use of NovoSeven.
"It appears that this is a class effect, " New England Journal of Medicine Editor Jeffrey Drazen writes in a blunt editorial accompanying the three studies.
While the Colorado researcher didn't know if the study participants were smokers or non-smokers, the CDC's editorial points out that the new study adds to research from eight other studies, which also saw a drop in heart attack related hospitalizations after smoke-free laws are enforced.