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Article: Aspirin regimen could help women: Supplements of Vitamin E, however, are not worth taking, new study reveals
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- March 7, 2005
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Middle-age women can cut their risk of strokes but
not heart attacks by regularly taking low doses of aspirin, and the
pills help prevent both problems in women 65 and older, a major study
found.
The results are opposite what is known about aspirin in men, where
its benefit for stroke is limited and its ability to prevent heart
problems is legendary. Since women proportionately suffer more
strokes and men more heart attacks, this is generally good news,
specialists said.
Researchers also found that taking vitamin E did no good for women
of any age, confirming a study last fall that concluded supplements
of this nutrient could even be harmful.
The new information comes from ...