Men and Women Get Different Benefits from Daily Aspirin

SOURCE: MedPage Today

DATE:  March 16, 2009

EXCERPT: "The benefit of daily aspirin appears to differ by gender -- for men it means fewer heart attacks, but in women it reduces the risk of stroke, .."   more

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US Preventive Services Task Force. Aspirin for the prevention of cardiovascular disease: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Mar 17;150(6):396-404.

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Steinhubl SR, Bhatt DL, Brennan DM, Montalescot G, Hankey GJ, Eikelboom JW, Berger PB, Topol EJ; CHARISMA Investigators. Aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease: the association of aspirin dose and clopidogrel with thrombosis and bleeding. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Mar 17;150(6):379-86.

Mehta SR. Aspirin for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Mar 17;150(6):414-6. No abstract available.