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Article: Aspirin prophylaxis cuts strokes in healthy women: benefits clearest in those 65 and older.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
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- Family Practice News
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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ORLANDO, FLA. -- Aspirin's role in preventing initial cardiovascular events in women was dramatically focused by the results of the first study to test aspirin prophylaxis in a large number of apparently healthy women, the Women's Health Study.
The clearest result was that among women at least 65 years old, a regimen of 100 mg of aspirin every other day cut the incidence of ischemic stroke, MI, and all major cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, while causing a small number of adverse events. Among women younger than 65, the benefit was limited to cutting the risk of ischemic strokes, and the reduction was so modest that aspirin prophylaxis will have to be ...