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Cardiovascular Disease is the Number 1 Killer of Women
Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the United States killing 500,000 every year. This is more than the next 6 causes of death combined. Yet, women fear breast cancer more than heart disease.
LONGEST, LARGEST STUDY EVER CONDUCTED WITH ASPIRIN FINDS IT REDUCES THE RISK OF A FIRST STROKE IN WOMENOlder Women Saw Greatest and Most Consistent Benefit of Aspirin with Reduction of All Major Cardiovascular Events
Bayer Aspirin showed a 17% reduction in the risk of a first stroke, and a 24% reduction in the risk of an ischemic stroke, which accounts for 80% of all strokes
Although in younger women aspirin did not demonstrate a significant benefit in prevention of a first heart attack or cardiovascular death, aspirin reduced all major cardiovascular events including heart attack and ischemic stroke among women 65 or older
No significant difference between aspirin and placebo in risk of stomach upset, fatal gastrointestinal (GI) bleeds or hemorrhagic stroke, although there was a small increase in risk of overall GI bleeding
Investigators from the Women's Health Study (WHS) reported important new findings demonstrating a significant benefit for aspirin in the prevention of a first stroke in apparently healthy women. Specifically, the study used Bayer® Aspirin and showed a 17% reduction in the risk of a first stroke, and a 24% reduction in the risk of an ischemic stroke. Ischemic strokes account for over 80% of all strokes. This finding is particularly important to women, as each year about 40,000 more women than men suffer a stroke. The WHS found that aspirin offered the greatest benefit in women 65 and older – reducing all major cardiovascular events including heart attack (MI) and ischemic stroke. However, in the total population, which comprised a significant number of younger women (ages 45-55), low-dose aspirin did not demonstrate a significant benefit in preventing first heart attack or cardiovascular death. The cardiovascular component of the WHS was a 10-year randomized trial of the efficacy and safety of aspirin in approximately 40,000 apparently healthy women. Aspirin is currently approved by the Food & Drug Administration for reducing the risk of heart attack, stroke and death in both women and men who have experienced a previous heart attack or stroke, as well as reducing the risk of mortality in patients with a suspected acute MI.
Additionally, the WHS further supports aspirin's favorable benefit/risk profile. In fact, while there was a small increase in risk of overall gastrointestinal bleeds associated with aspirin use, there were no significant differences between aspirin and placebo in risk of stomach upset, fatal gastrointestinal bleeds or hemorrhagic stroke.
Aspirin is not appropriate for everyone, so be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen.
Source - http://www.bayeraspirin.com/hdwomen/hdwomen.htm
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 Sun Apr 09, 2006 11:40 am |
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what are some common symptoms of heart disease? just out of curiosity...
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| Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:34 am |
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| Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:35 pm |
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the symptoms for arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation, and coronary artery disease all fit me... that might be a bad thing...
oh well.
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| Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:50 pm |
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Get yourself a checkup hun.
Don't worry unnecessarily; some symptoms can be misleading. Just for a laugh I put all the symptoms of smoking marijuana into a diagnosis program and it came back with Brain Tumour! LOL
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| Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:08 pm |
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i've been having heart problems for a while now (a little over a year)... but my mom doesn't have the time or money to get me a doctors appointment, so i'll just hang tight and hope i live LOL.
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| Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:10 pm |
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That's awful, is there nothing that can be done? In the UK we have the NHS for those on low incomes, it's a bit of a wake up call when you're reminded not all countries provide free healthcare.
I'll keep my fingers crossed that you get the help you need 
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| Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:16 pm |
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i don't know if we have that or not, but my mom works all day, and the doctors offices close at about 5 around here, so there's just no time. and they're not open on the weekends, which are the only days she has off.
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| Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:27 pm |
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