Next Vioxx trial set to get under way
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060910/ap_on_bi_ge/vioxx_federal_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060830/2006_08_30t135418_450x266_us_merck_vioxx.jpg?x=130&y=76&sig=uXl.zmgnZm6lKjLvx.XgUw--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Bottles of the prescription arthritis and pain medication Vioxx sit on a shelf at a New York City Pharmacy September 30, 2004. A federal judge overturned a $50 million award handed down by jury against Merck and Co. earlier this month in a case of a former FBI agent who had blamed the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx for his heart attack, the Wall Street Journal reported on its web site on Wednesday. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - The next federal Vioxx trial, which opens in federal court here on Monday, focuses on a man who began taking the painkiller after its label said that it could increase the risk of heart attacks.</p><br clear="all"/>