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 Aspirin Information - July 20, 2008
| An 11-year-old boy here died from an unusual but rarely deadly disease. Paul Roscoe died in his home Saturday morning after he collapsed. The cause of his death was Kawasaki disease - a medical condition that affects children and results in aneurysms and blockages in blood vessels. It is common in boys under the age of 5 | | A new study suggests that vitamin E supplements may not actually protect women from cataracts. The investigation by researchers during the Women's Health Study (WHS) shows that those women taking vitamin E supplements had similar rates of developing cataracts to those who did not take vitamin E | | A new study suggests that vitamin E supplements may not actually protect women from cataracts. The investigation by researchers during the Women's Health Study (WHS) shows that those women taking vitamin E supplements had similar rates of developing cataracts to those who did not take vitamin E | | Gorton's Incorporated voluntarily recalled about a thousand cases of frozen fish in 10 states on Friday after a Pennsylvania customer reported finding pill-like substance in it. The company is conducting a laboratory test to confirm the nature of the pills. Results are expected early next week. The product included in this recall was produced on October 16, 2007 and distributed to retail outlets in Alabama, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas | | According to Canadian researchers, aspirin can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke in some patients. Although doctors have been recommending that people take aspirin daily to avoid heart problems, the researchers found that only holds true for people who are not resistant to aspirin. However, for patients that are resistant to aspirin, taking that it becomes dangerous to their lives. Researchers say that when patients who are resistant to aspirin take the drug it makes them four times more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke or even die from a pre-existing heart condition, according to a study published on bmj.com today | |
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