Article: POTPOURRI; Inexpensive aspirin can trigger allergy symptoms

Article: Coated Aspirin Has Same Effect on Stomach as Plain Aspirin, Reports the Harvard Heart Letter
U.S. Newswire;  July 30, 2007 ;     353 words ......Junge of Harvard Heart Letter, +1-617-432- 4717...Some people take aspirin without ever having...special report on aspirin in the August...of the Harvard Heart Letter. Coated aspirin, also called enteric-coat...show that coasted aspirin has virtually...plain, uncoated ...

Article: New Tests Can Tell if the Aspirin you Take is Working to Prevent Heart Disease, According to the Harvard Heart Letter.
PR Newswire;  April 28, 2004 ;     375 words ......Millions of Americans take aspirin to help prevent a heart...have what experts call aspirin nonresponsiveness, and...little or no protection from aspirin. Although researchers continue...May issue of the Harvard Heart Letter advises that it's not too...find out if you respond to ...

Article: The aspirin debate.(Health)
Manila Bulletin;  June 24, 2003 ;     673 words ...Aspirin is a wonder drug, right? Practically, everyone over the age of 40 will be asking themselves: Should I take aspirin? Its affordable. It does not require a prescription. Many...doctor recently warned against the over-the-counter use of aspirin, saying there is a great potential for abuse. And it is...

Article: Get the most out of everyday aspirin
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 7, 1987 ;     700+ words ...Aspirin is the most commonly used medicine in the world. Americans alone consumed 20 billion tablets of aspirin and related drugs last year - roughly 100 tablets for each...this great demand raises important questions. If you use aspirin, are you taking too much, or taking it at the wrong times...

Article: Use Caution With All Pain Medications, Reports the 'Harvard Heart Letter'
U.S. Newswire;  May 31, 2007 ;     391 words ......issue of the "Harvard Heart Letter." The AHA suggests starting with aspirin or acetaminophen...option. The "Harvard Heart Letter" notes that you shouldn't be afraid to take aspirin, Tylenol, Advil, or...exercise? The "Harvard Heart Letter" is available from...directly. ...

Article: Some overlooked facts about aspirin
Chicago Sun-Times;  August 24, 1997 ;     251 words ...Aspirin is popular around the world. But there are important cultural differences in how aspirin is taken. Americans prefer aspirin tablets that can be swallowed or chewed, according to Joe Graedon, author of The Aspirin Handbook. Italians...

Article: Painkillers -- New and Old -- Increase the Risk for Heart Attack, from the Harvard Heart Letter
U.S. Newswire;  September 28, 2006 ;     409 words ......like ibuprofen and aspirin, aren't entirely blameless...issue of the Harvard Heart Letter. The cardiovascular...aware of. Ibuprofen, aspirin, and COX-2s all belong...high risk for it. The Heart Letter offers a simple table...you are also taking aspirin to protect your ...

Article: Aspirin touted as inexpensive panacea
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Aspirin touted as inexpensive panacea By LAURA BEIL Dallas Morning...chemists turned salicin into salicylic acid in the 1800s. But aspirin itself wasn't born until 1897, when chemist Felix Hoffman...crippling arthritis. Now, more than 100 years later, it appears aspirin's ultimate calling may be disease ...

Article: Aspirin. (Drugs, Pregnancy, and Lactation).
OB GYN News;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Because aspirin is widely used, many women are exposed...Moreover, during the last few years, aspirin has increasingly been used in the preventive...associated with autoantibodies. Overall, aspirin hasn't proven to be very effective in...

Article: Aspirin might cut breast cancer risk
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  May 26, 2004 ;     591 words ...CHICAGO -- Aspirin, the wonder drug that can help prevent...doctors can recommend that women take aspirin to ward off breast cancer. The study appears...conclusions on whether there is a link between aspirin and breast cancer. This is the first study...

Article: Aspirin may help some at high risk for colon cancer
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 10, 2003 ;     647 words ...Aspirin may help some at high risk for colon cancer By DELTHIA RICKS Newsday Monday, March 10, 2003 Aspirin, that old medicine cabinet standby, may reduce the development...reported last week. Together, the two studies show that taking aspirin for as few as three years can reduce development of ...

Article: Jagged little pill: aspirin, 100 years old, still gets no respect.
Newsweek;  August 18, 1997 ;     696 words ...Aspirin, 100 years old, still gets no respect STORE SHELVES GROAN...these categories is rare. Actually, it's unique. It is aspirin, the penny-a-pop phenom whose medical prowess is only the...while Americans stick to tablets. The French prefer their aspirin in suppository form; the exuberant Italians like it ...

Article: Pain Pills May Not Mix; Ibuprofen Can Cut Aspirin's Heart Effect
The Washington Post;  September 2, 2003 ;     554 words ...Aspirin may fit nicely with Advil and Motrin in your medicine cabinet. But if you use aspirin regularly for its heart benefits, these and other anti-inflammatory painkillers may reduce aspirin's protective effects, according to a new study. Researchers...

Article: Some Cancer Risk May Be Reduced by Using Aspirin
Chicago Sun-Times;  March 4, 1994 ;     434 words ...Regular aspirin use - already touted for its heart-protecting...17 percent lower in those who had taken aspirin in the month before the study began, compared...than 30 percent lower in those who took aspirin; the risk for breast cancer in women was...