Study finds stroke risk from anemia drug Aranesp

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Fri, 10/30/2009 - 18:40

A new study raises fresh safety concerns about widely used anemia medicines, finding that the drug Aranesp nearly doubled the risk of stroke in people with diabetes and chronic kidney problems who are not yet sick enough to need dialysis....

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