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Article: Pill might cut heart attacks, stroke
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- June 27, 2003
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LONDON (AP) - A single pill combining six medications could
prevent more than 80 percent of heart attacks and strokes if heart
patients, most diabetics and everyone over 55 took it, British
scientists said Thursday.
However, the American Heart Association cautioned such a pill
might be dangerous for healthy people and not strong enough for those
with heart trouble. It could also lull some people into persisting
with life-threatening habits.
"There are massive caveats. We are quite concerned about this,"
said Heart Association president Dr. Robert Bonow.
The concept, outlined Thursday on the Web site of the British