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University Daily Kansan / Friday, November 1, 1991
Aspirin may deter heart problems
The Associated Press
BOSTON — Taking tiny doses of aspirin, less than one-tenth of a usual tablet, appears to be an effective way to prevent heart attacks and strokes in people who already have suffered minor strokes, a new study shows.
The report raises the possibility that such miniscule doses also might be a potent way to ward off heart trouble in people who are otherwise healthy, although this idea still must be tested.
Typically, people who have suffered minor strokes are advised to take an ordinary aspirin tablet, which contains 325 milligrams, each day. In this study, conducted in Holland, doctors found that 30 milligrams a day were just as effective.
The study, conducted by researchers from University Hospital Utrecht in the Netherlands, was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In 1988, the Physicians Health Study, conducted at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, found that healthy men who took one ordinary aspirin every other day cut their heart attack risk nearly in half.
The new study suggests that one-fifth of this dose might be just as effective. Such a low dose, if it works, could have the advantage of reducing the side effects of aspirin, namely unwanted bleeding.
How strokes happen
Most strokes result from blocked arteries. Fatty deposits form where blood vessels are roughened a roughened surface to which blood cells can stick and form a clump.
Knight-Ridder Tribune News/DAN CLIFFORD
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