Dr. Brown
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Dr. Brown
hope survive survives
He's not going to survive this. If you're his family, you hope he survives the night.
caused
That may well have been what caused this whole thing.
attack beneficial blood body both caused disease effect expected forming heart prevents stroke
Aspirin prevents the blood in the body from clotting, and because stroke and heart attack are both caused by the formation of blood clots in the body, anything that prevents blood clotting from forming would be expected to have a beneficial effect in those diseases.
appears attacks beneficial difference effect heart men prevention prevents strokes
In women, aspirin prevents strokes and doesn't have any real effect on heart attack, and in men aspirin prevents heart attacks but has no effect on the prevention of strokes. So there appears to be a gender-based difference in the beneficial effect of aspirin.
associated bleeding both increase known men men-and-women percent risk taking
In both men and women, there was an approximately 70 percent increase in the risk of bleeding associated with the taking of aspirin. And it is known that the bleeding risk associated with aspirin is dose-related.