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Avandia had been linked to increased risk of heart attack or stroke. some have called for avandia to be pulled off the shelves altogether. glaxosmithkline say they believe the drug is important for the treatment of diabetes. in 2006, avandia sales reached $3 billion. when senator john heinz died in 1991, his widow was urged by many to run for the senate herself. that might have been the easy decision to make. instead, she made the personal choice to take up philanthropy. she has helped create the heinz awards. it gives out ten unrestricted prizes of $100,000 each to people who have created an inspiring body of work that addresses the world s environmental challenges. theresa heinz joins me now from washington and one of the winners of this year s prize is james balog. he started a project called the extreme ice survey. ....

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