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Cardiovascular Care
Aspirin helps prevent strokes but not heart problems in younger women
March 31st, 2005
In a stunning example of gender differences in medicine, a major new study found that aspirin helps healthy women avoid strokes but makes no difference in their risk of heart attacks unless they're 65 or older, the polar opposite of how the drug affects men. Aspirin is recommended now for both men and women at high risk of heart disease. Many doctors have assumed it also prevented heart problems in healthy women because of research showing it helped healthy men. The new study "raises issues about the dangers of generalization," said Paul Ridker, MD, of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, one of the researchers. "This is...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-03-31)
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