Re: Does aspirin prevent myocardial infarction in women.

Wiser for women to lose the harmful VAT that is the source of the sub-
clinical vascular inflammation that creates the substrate for
cardiovascular disease (ie heart attacks and strokes for women).

It is only when we are hungry that our bodies get rid of the harmful
VAT.

Be hungry... be healthy... be hungrier... be blessed:

http://TheWellnessFoundation.com/PressRelease

Prayerfully in the infinite power and might of the Holy Spirit,

Andrew <><
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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Lawful steward of http://EmoryCardiology.com
Bondservant to the KING of kings and LORD of lords.

bigvince wrote:
> On Oct 22, 4:10 pm, "Juhana Harju" <n...@mail.fi> wrote:
> > Ron Peterson wrote:
> > > On Oct 19, 9:03 am, bigvince <Vince.Mirag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >> This seems to support several studies that found the same kind of
> > >> difference in women treated with statins. I wonder if the same would
> > >> occur with fish oil.
> >
> > >http://qjmed.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/...7/465indicates
> > > that omega 3 benefits those that are taking aspirin and statins.
> >
> > > Other papers show that apirin and omega 3 helps the body produce anti-
> > > inflammatory chemicals. It looks to me that omega 3 isn't a substitute
> > > for aspirin.
> >
> > Right. This site explains briefly how aspirin and EPA work in unison to
> > produce E-series resolvins, antiinflammatory substances.
> >
> > http://www.fatsoflife.com/pufa/artic...on=arch&id=246
> >
> > More detailed and complex explanation is given in the article
> > New Endogenous Anti-Inflammatory and Proresolving Lipid Mediators:
> > Implications for Rheumatic Diseases
> >
> > http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/7812
> >
> > (Requires registration.)
> >
> > --
> > Juhana
> >
> > http://ruohikolla.blogspot.com/
>
> Aspirin is used in primary prevention in women to prevent MI it has
> not been shown to produce that result. The effectiveness of statins
> also have been guestioned in this group. Fish oil has not been shown
> to produce gender differences.The real guestion is from
> http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-a-j101607.php
>
> Aspirin -- just for men?
> First it was an apple, now it is an aspirin a day that may keep the
> doctor away. Aspirin has become standard for heart attack prevention,
> but research published in the online open access journal BMC Medicine
> suggests that this may really be a man's drug........
>
> ...."From our findings we would caution clinicians on the prescribing
> aspirin to women, especially for primary prevention of heart attacks,"
> says Dr Sin. "Whether or not other pharmaceutical products would be
> more effective for women is unclear; more sex-specific studies should
> now be conducted."
>
> Statin use in women has also been guestioned. Why risk side effects
> if no benefit is there.
>
> Thanks Vince