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Alternative treatment for heart patients - There is no magic bullet. Prevention of heart attack requires a wide ranging approach and often radical change in lifestyle. ... ...

Aspirin: - It doesn't prevent heart attack, either - We don't mean to have it in for aspirin, but following last week's alert about its inability to protect against cancer, another study has revealed tha...

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Aspirin - An aspirin a day is supposed to keep the heart attack away, and without any nasty side effects. ...

Take two aspirin? - Few disorders are as devastating and frightening for an individual as stroke. Often without warning, life can be torn apart by the sudden loss of basi...

Study finds cancer patients expect radical treatment - Cancer patients expect radical treatment, even if there's little chance for success. That's the conclusion of a study of l06 recently diagnosed cancer...

Aspirin resistancewhen the risks outweigh the benefits - Aspirin is the world’s best-selling painkiller, with 50 billion tablets taken annually. In 2000, the British public purchased 15 tonnes of the stuff....