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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Women, Keep your heart open, continued: Preventing heart disease

News you can use for women over 65: Ask your doctor whether taking a baby aspirin each day would reduce your risk of having a stroke and heart attack. That’s the latest guideline of the American Heart Association, published yesterday and backed by numerous studies.

An aspirin a day might keep the heart surgeon away…and if not, read the blog story on the surgical solution of stenting open narrowed heart arteries.

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