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Stroke
Women's Health Study: Low-dose aspirin lowers stroke risk among older women
March 31st, 2005
An analysis of data from the Women's Health Study shows that low-dose aspirin lowers postmenopausal women's risk of stroke. This finding and others by study authors Paul M. Ridker, MD, Julie E. Buring, ScD, and colleagues are scheduled for publication in the March 31, 2005, print edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, and were released online on March 7, 2005, in conjunction with their presentation at the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. According to the researchers, "Randomized trials have shown that low-dose aspirin decreases the risk of a first myocardial infarction in men, with little...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-03-31)
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