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Washington — The Jan. 14 announcement of findings from the Enhance trial, which compared patients on the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin — a combination of ezetimibe and simvastatin — with a statin alone, sent shockwaves through the medical community. After all, many physicians viewed this as a promising approach in reducing heart disease risk because the drugs it combined work differently to reduce LDL cholesterol.

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Citing lax security and procedures, undercover investigators said that it would be easy for truckers to cheat on mandatory drug tests required by federal law, NBC News reported Oct. 31.

The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) sent agents to 24 drug-testing sites using fake truck driver’s licenses and found that three-quarters failed to restrict items that could be used to adulterate urine samples. Agents were able to buy drug-masking kils online and use them at testing sites without being caught. “Every drug-masking product went undetected by the drug-screening labs,” the GAO report added.

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