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Article: Aspirin reduces risk of first heart attack by one-third.
- Article from:
- Drug Week
- Article date:
- October 17, 2003
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2003 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aspirin reduces the risk of a first heart attack by 32%, according to a report by researchers at Mount Sinai Medical Center & Miami Heart Institute (MSMC-MHI).
The paper, which is based on a meta-analysis of five major randomized clinical trials (55,580 participants, 11,466 women) in primary prevention, also found that aspirin reduces the combined risk of heart attack, stroke and vascular death by 15%. It was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Charles H. Hennekens, MD, codirector of cardiovascular research at MSMC-MHI, and professor of medicine and epidemiology and public health at the University ...