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SHOULD YOU BE TAKING ASPIRIN PREVENTATIVELY? ?Indeed, mounting evidence reported in a number of lea?

By Glenn Reynolds

SHOULD YOU BE TAKING ASPIRIN PREVENTATIVELY? “Indeed, mounting evidence reported in a number of leading medical journals now suggests that if you?re healthy and not at significant risk for a heart attack, you should not be taking aspirin preventively. That?s because the studies show that aspirin doesn?t reduce the risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke in healthy people. Furthermore, the potential risk of a cerebral hemorrhage, gastrointestinal bleeding, and ulcers outweighs any heart benefits the aspirin might provide.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on July 25, 2010 (boomark / email).