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Aspirin improves survival in women with stable heart disease, study

New results from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Observational Study provide additional evidence that aspirin may reduce the risk of death in postmenopausal women who have heart disease or who have had a stroke. Jacques ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Surgery halves death risk for stroke patients versus 'stent' treatment

(PhysOrg.com) -- People at high risk of having a stroke are half as likely to have a stroke or die following surgery to repair damage to an artery in the neck, rather than ‘stenting’ treatment, according to UCL research published ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Women less likely to have a stroke after mini-stroke

30 days after a transient ischemic attack, women are 30 percent less likely to have a stroke than men, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Yale University. The analysis, including ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0