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Article: An ASPIRIN(R) A Day Keeps First Heart Attack Away - Health Canada Confirms It; Proven Pain Reliever Aspirin(R) Now Indicated By Health Canada for Primary Prevention of Heart Attack and Stroke.
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- PR Newswire
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- July 31, 2002
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TORONTO -- Today Bayer Inc. announces that Health Canada has approved the use of ASPIRIN(R) (ASA) for primary prevention, to reduce the risk of first heart attacks and strokes in individuals deemed to be at sufficient risk.
The new indication is important as it recognizes that a physician- recommended regimen of ASPIRIN(R), taken daily, has the potential to save the lives of thousands of Canadians every year. Heart attack strikes 75,000 Canadians each year, causing more than 22,000 deaths.(1)
"Health Canada has confirmed what many doctors have known for some time, says Dr. Anatoly Langer, Cardiologist, Canadian Heart Research Centre. "The official, ...