Q&A: Drugmaker deceit and the state of science

More lies, lies and lies.

"Questions of scientific integrity and deliberate deception have dogged Merck & Co., manufacturer of the painkiller Vioxx, through courtroom trials and into a $4.85 billion settlement with more than 44,000 of some 47,000 people who claimed they suffered heart attacks or strokes caused by the recalled drug."

And yet the fat buy into the hype around diet drugs and bariatric surgeries.