Aspirin provides less heart protection for women

SOURCE:  MedlinePlus:  Reuters Health Information

DATE:  November 14, 2007

EXCERPT: "Gender may explain the considerable variation in the effectiveness of aspirin therapy in reducing the risk of heart attacks, researchers from Canada report. Their findings, published online in BMC Medicine, indicate that women may be much less responsive to aspirin than men."   more (displays for 30 days) 

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Yerman T, Gan WQ, Sin DD. The influence of gender on the effects of aspirin in preventing myocardial infarction. BMC Med. 2007 Oct 18;5(1):29.