Article: Aspirin is 1st line of defense against heart attack; Evidence continues to suggest those at risk should take them.(VARIETY)

Article: Aspirin for Heart Attack
The Washington Post;  October 20, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... patients who are having a heart attack. Although aspirin is usually given to patients ... for the treatment of a heart attack, aspirin is used both to prevent ... attack call for giving aspirin after the heart attack has been diagnosed ...

Article: Do doctors prescribe too much aspirin for heart ...
Health News;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Taking aspirin during a heart attack saves lives. This cheap ... reason, doctors often give aspirin to suspected heart attack victims immediately upon ... determine the optimal dose of aspirin during a heart attack. The researchers reviewed ...

Aspirin and heart disease.(heart attack risk ...
Clinical Reference Systems;  May 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... factors may be better off taking aspirin. People who have already had a heart attack or stroke should take an aspirin a day to reduce the risk of ... block the artery and cause a heart attack. When you take aspirin, blood is less likely to ...

Article: Aspirin Foundation: US Experts Recommend Aspirin to ...
Internet Wire;  March 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... implemented in Europe, they would greatly increase the number of people taking aspirin to prevent heart attack or stroke. Taking aspirin to prevent heart attack or stroke by people who are not known to have heart disease is known as primary ...

Article: An ASPIRIN(R) A Day Keeps First Heart Attack ...
PR Newswire;  July 31, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... recommending the use of ASPIRIN(R) to help prevent a first heart attack to the benefit ... recommends the use of ASPIRIN(R) within the ... four hours of a heart attack to reduce a person ... arteries during heart attack. ASPIRIN(R) has been ...

Article: New Survey Reveals That Administering Aspirin at Onset of ...
PR Newswire;  August 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... accessible for consumers to take aspirin when faced with a heart attack situation. The new St. Joseph ... patients chew 160 to 162.5 mg of aspirin at the onset of heart attack symptoms. However, aspirin alone won't treat a heart attack ...

Article: Aspirin reduces risk of first heart attack ...
Drug Week;  October 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... net) -- Aspirin reduces the risk of a first heart attack by 32%, according ... found that aspirin reduces the combined risk of heart attack, stroke and ... of a first heart attack among those ... at random to aspirin. There have ...