| All were women, most of them in their thirties and forties, who had been taking fen-phen. |
| Fen-phen was found to cause heart damage in 90 per cent of adults who used it regularly to lose weight. |
| A 41-year-old woman on fen-phen who underwent valve repair surgery at Mayo Clinic had a very unusual glistening white, thickened heart valve. |
| In Trenton, New Jersey, jury selection began this week in a test case involving thousands of healthy fen-phen users. |
| They reflected on recent decisions in regard to asbestos, lung disease, toxic shock syndrome, Agent Orange, lead, tobacco, and fen-phen, the slimming pill. |
| Mealey said the new report was developed in response the implementation of Rule 23 and its use in mass tort litigation such as asbestos, breast implants, fen-phen and tobacco. |
