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The downside

December 4, 2007 - 8:54 am
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Watching MSNBC news whilst drinking my morning coffee, I saw a commercial for the Cypher® Stent, which promises to fix narrow arteries. It starts with a forlorn man sitting in a chair, peering out a window—apparently lamenting his sedentary lifestyle. Following a sales pitch and a montage of old people enjoying their wide-open arteries by swimming, boxing and lifting steel girders, the obligatory warning came on: Side effects include blood clots and heart attacks.

Hmm, on second thought, that chair by the window looks pretty good.

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from → Business, Death, Health care, TV
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  1. d.a. kolodenko permalink
    December 4, 2007 - 10:00 pm 10:00 pm

    Due, have you seen the ad for the drug that cures restless leg syndrome or something like that but the side effects include–i shit you not–an increased urge to gamble? I love listening to the potential side effects of pharmaceuticals while i’m sitting around not taking any.

  2. d.a. kolodenko permalink
    December 4, 2007 - 10:01 pm 10:01 pm

    “due” was supposed to be “dude,” dude.

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