This will be the subject of a provocative meeting of the Clinical
Pharmacoepidemiology Journal Club next Monday, November 2, from 12:30
to 1:30
p.m., sponsored by the Brigham and Women's Hospital Division of
Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics. The paper to be discussed
will be:
"A Population-Based Study of Appetite Suppressant Drugs and the Risk
of Cardiac
Valve Regurgitation," by H. Jick et al, from the September 10, 1998
issue of
NEJM; the discussion will be led by Jerry Avorn, MD. Prior reading
of the paper
would enhance the experience greatly but is not absolutely mandatory.
To
receive a copy, contact Ms. Rita Bloom at 278-0930 or at
RBLOOM@BICS.BWH.HARVARD.EDU.
The discussion will occur in the Bayles Conference
Room on the 3rd floor
of the "B" Building of the Brigham and Women's Hospital, just off the
rotunda
of the old Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Beverages and remarkably tasty
cookies
will be served. All are welcome.