Cardiac protection

Finally a large NIH study (The Women s Health Study of 40 000 women), just completed in 2005, showed that aspirin gave no cardiac protection to women as had previously been assumed, though it did reduce the incidence of ischemic strokes in women over 65 years. This compared to the reduction of heart attacks in men. A subsequent metaanalysis of six studies, including the Women Health Study, confirmed this, and in addition,... 

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