Take an Aspirin and...

摘要

Aspirin is a wonder drug, plain and simple. At high doses, it quells inflammation; at medium doses, it provides effective pain relief; at low doses, it reduces the blood's ability to clot by inhibiting the action of tiny blood cells called platelets. It makes sense, then, that aspirin might help prevent clot-related cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke, even in healthy people. In 1988, the Physicians' Health Study showed exactly that. In healthy men, 325mg of aspirin taken every other day for five years reduced the risk of a first heart attack by 44 percent. That was great news. For men.