Just gotta share today's absurdity from the NY Times. There's an article called, "Journal Issues Warning on Two Cholesterol Drugs," telling how Vytorin and Zetia may not work at controlling cholesterol. Here are a few paragraphs from the beginning of the article:

The journal’s [that's the New England Journal of Medicine's, mind you] conclusion came as doctors at a major cardiology conference in Chicago saw for the first time the full results of a two-year clinical trial that showed that the drugs failed to slow, and might have even sped up, the growth of fatty plaques in the arteries. Growth of those plaques is closely correlated with heart attacks and strokes.

Merck and Schering-Plough, the companies that make Vytorin and Zetia, said on Sunday that despite the results of the trial, they would continue to promote their medicines as first-line treatments for high cholesterol.

I just love it. Only in America . . .

We now return to our regularly-scheduled rainy spring day. Stay tuned for more absurd news as it breaks.