Results of Yale study confirm aspirin helpful in preventing a first heart attack.

0 Comments | M2 Presswire, November, 2000

M2 PRESSWIRE-22 November 2000-YALE UNIVERSITY: Results of Yale study confirm aspirin helpful in preventing a first heart attack (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21112000 New Haven, Conn. -- An overview by a Yale researcher of four studies examining the use of aspirin and the reduction of heart attacks in persons with no previous history of cardiovascular disease shows aspirin remains a good preventive measure.

The studies included more than 51,000 people and 2,284 "vascular events": vascular disease-related death, cardiac or cerebral; nonfatal heart attack, or nonfatal stroke. The overview article was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. "The results reconfirm that aspirin is beneficial in preventing a first myocardial...