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Aspirin for your heart
Aspirin is one of the 'cornerstone' drugs in our current management of cardiovascular disorders. However, despite the prescription of aspirin recurrent vascular events still occur in 10-20% of patients. Switching to other antiplatelet drugs (e.g. clopidogrel) or even combination antiplatelet drug therapy might not help much more.

Given the multifactorial nature of atherothrombotic disease, it is not surprising that only about 25% of all cardiovascular complications can usually be prevented by any single medication.
Source Journal of Translational Medicine 2008, 6:47

Live to be one hundred
Have a baby after 40. 19% of centenarians had a baby after turning 40 compared to only 5.5 percent of the other group. They delay menopause and produce estrogen for a longer time and get extra protection from heart disease and Alzheimer’s.
Source Paris, Journal of Nature, Sept. 1995

Aspirin and your heart
 most people have a cardiovascular disorder are placed on aspirin. Despite this, 10 to 20% of patients will still get past glory events. Other anti-platelet drugs don’t help much more. Since blood clots have a multi-factor nature, only 25% of all complications cardiovascular can be prevented by whatever single medicine you take.
Source Journal of translational medicine 2008.6:47

Alcohol may prevent stokes
Non-smokers who drink moderately are 40% less likely to have a stroke. This means at most two glasses of small wine. If you also smoke you lose all the benefit. Smoking causes thickening and clotting of blood while alcohol thins the blood.
Source: Cambridge Univ., Yangmei Li