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The research, financed by Pfizer Inc., which makes Viagra, analyzed 82 separate studies of the widely used impotence medicine. Researchers said deaths and heart attacks among Viagra users were about what would be expected in middle-age and older men in similar physical condition. Arthritis treatment OK: study Two popular nutritional supplements won't cure arthritis but might improve its symptoms with fewer side effects than traditional treatments, an analysis of 15 studies concludes. But much of the research on glucosamine and chondroitin compounds is flawed and probably overstates their benefits so more study is needed to determine if they really help achy joints, according to the analysis in today's Journal of the American Medical Association. Conn. suspect arraigned Michael Skakel was arraigned today in Stamford, Conn., on a nearly 25-year-old murder charge, then approached the victim's mother and told her: "You've got the wrong guy." Skakel, now 39, was arraigned as a juvenile in the October 1975 murder of Martha Moxley in the wealthy suburb of Greenwich. Both Skakel and Moxley were 15 at the time of the slaying. Skakel was arrested in January after Judge George Thim - acting as a one-man grand jury - ruled there was enough evidence to charge him. Michael Skakel is the son of Rushton Skakel Sr., who is the brother of the late Robert Kennedy's widow, Ethel. Skakel has denied any involvement in Moxley's death. Czech president hospitalized Czech President Vaclav Havel, 63, was hospitalized today with bronchitis and doctors say he will remain in a Prague military hospital until at least the end of the week. It is the eighth time that Havel, a former chain- smoker, has been hospitalized since a third of his lung and a cancerous tumor were removed in December 1996. He underwent emergency surgery for a ruptured colon in April 1998 and fought off a life- threatening bout of pneumonia four months later. OED goes online The Oxford English Dictionary went online today as part of a plan to ensure that the "world's greatest dictionary" remains up-to-date. The move to the Internet is part of a 20-year project costing more than $50 million to update and revise the OED. The online form of the dictionary will replace its current incarnation of 20 volumes and three supplements. The Web site's address is .com. Cohen sees Vietnam links . Defense Secretary William Cohen said today his historic trip to Vietnam has sown the seeds for a relationship that one day may bloom like America's ties to many other nations in Asia. In a policy speech at the National Defense Academy in Hanoi, Cohen said the United States is ready to "step cautiously forward" in a relationship that has grown since Washington renewed diplomatic ties in 1995.