[joseph20]

"...70 per cent higher incidence of microscopic bleeding..."

70% higher than what? This is meaningless. You can't say something is "higher" without stating what the "higher" is compared to!

This could simply mean 70% higher than .001%, which is like .002%. Woop-tee-do.

[Riley]

THANK YOU for that post. Media people are constantly trying to stampede us with numbers; the CNN report on American guns in the Mexican drug wars being a perfect example.

Either that in this case, or they don’t understand it themselves- which means they have no business trying to influence the public mind with it.

[dawn53]

“But it is clear for the vast majority of aspirin users that the benefits far outweigh the risks.”

Probably higher than the control group, but the conclusion, nonetheless is it does more good than harm.

[Daffynition]

[Star Traveler]

Well, I hear there’s a 70% higher chance of dying by drinking too much water. The phenomenon is better known by the colloquial term... “drowning”...