ASPIRIN FOR HEART ATTACK PREVENTION IN WOMEN IS USELESS
If you know of a female who?€™s been told to take aspirin for heart attack prevention, there is new information to consider.
A study published in the Oct. 17, 2007 issue of BioMed Central Medicine analyzed data from 23 studies, involving 113,494 people, most in their 50?€™s or older, who had been randomly assigned to take aspirin or a placebo daily for one to ten years. In studies of mainly women, there was virtually no difference between those who took and did not take aspirin. Regardless of sex, aspirin did not appear to affect the likelihood of a fatal heart attack. Aspirin can cause excessive bleeding in some people and all drugs create stress on the liver and possibly kidneys, brain, and other organs. There are natural alternatives to decrease one?€™s risk of heart attacks that are effective and not toxic.
~Susan