Sentences with phrase «history of aspirin»

Aspirin poisoning diagnosis is usually based on a history of aspirin ingestion.

Not exact matches

The team, led Julia C. Tchou, MD, PhD, an associate professor of Surgery in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, found that a history of taking aspirin was not associated with improved survival, regardless of receptor status.

In one study, half of 635 patients with a history of colon or rectal cancer took one aspirin daily while the rest took a placebo.

But now the prevailing view maintains that unless you have a worrisome history of heart problems, an aspirin regimen is about as likely to hurt you as help you.

Josep Rodes - Cabau, M.D., of Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, and colleagues randomly assigned 171 patients with an indication for atrial septal defect (ASD) closure and no history of migraine to receive dual antiplatelet therapy (aspirin + clopidogrel [the clopidogrel group], n = 84) or single antiplatelet therapy (aspirin + placebo [the placebo group], n = 87) for 3 months following transcatheter ASD closure.

According to a study presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting, 34 percent of patients studied were mistakenly labeled as having aspirin hypersensitivity if they had a history of any gastrointestinal symptoms.

Researchers identified patients from 119 practices who were prescribed aspirin between January 2008 and June 2013, excluding patients receiving aspirin as a secondary prevention due to history of cardiovascular disease such as myocardial infarction, prior stroke, and atrial fibrillation.

«On the opposite end of the spectrum, if you don't have any calcified plaque, our estimations indicate that use of aspirin would result in more harm than good, even if you have risk factors for heart disease such as high cholesterol or a family history of the disease.»

Aspirin is nearly a hundred years old, and its forerunner, willow bark, was used since the dawn of history.

Dr. Kirkman stresses that people with diabetes who are taking aspirin — and have no history of heart attack — should talk to their doctor and see if he or she recommends continuing the therapy.

(An important exception, he says, is people who have a known history of ulcers, since aspirin can make ulcers bleed.)

In the illustrations that accompany this Harvard study it says that the study was «adjusted for age; race; body - mass index; level of physical activity; status with regard to smoking, whether a physical examination was performed for screening purposes, current multivitamin use, and current aspirin use; status with regard to a family history of diabetes mellitus, myocardial infarction, or cancer; status with regard to a history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or hypercholesterolemia; intake of total energy, alcohol, RED OR PROCESSED MEAT, fruits, and vegetables; and, for women, menopausal status and hormone use.»

Before doing massive amounts of blood work and tests he put me on a daily baby aspirin regimen because of my clotting history.

But painting this as the «normal», opinion - based sort of consensus is a good denial tactic, as is highlighting the views of the very few contrarian climate scientists (who are in the same boat as the people who authored negative trials on aspirin, if there are any - they're destined for the dustbin of science history.)

Using extant results is an important part of the statistical design of experiments Look to the histories of how people learned the size of the earth, the (mean) distance from the earth to the sun, the speed of light, the rates of continental drift, the effects of aspirin in reducing the risk of recurrent heart attack.