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Doctors, patients could do more for preventive health.
2004 JUL 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Only half the people at high risk for heart disease take life-saving aspirin tablets and only three out of four modify their lifestyle to reduce that risk, according to a study of more than 97,000 Americans.
Doctors could help both men and women by offering diet and exercise advice more often and patients could lower their risk of heart disease carrying by out the advice, say Catherine Kim, MD, MPH, of the University of Michigan and Gloria L. Beckles, MD, MSc, of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Their research appears in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Only 59% of men and 46% of women at high risk regularly took aspirin, according to a national survey of health risk factors.
Aspirin reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes by helping to prevent blood clots. Doctors have known of the effect for years, but only recently have major medical organizations endorsed standard aspirin use.
Recommendations for aspirin may be less familiar than guidelines for cholesterol, blood pressure, exercise and diet, which may account for the low overall rate of aspirin use, Kim and Beckles said.
Also, high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol can be measured and then treated. But aspirin is prescribed ...
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