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To: Grampa Dave
My Kaiser MDs, who put in a stent, and those who monitor me on a regular basis telling me to take a baby aspirin once a day?

At least two major medical journals reviewed all the studies and concluded no benefit.

No problem. Believe whoever you prefer.

The old doctors will eventually die off and the ones who accept the results of research will take over.

18 posted on 07/22/2019 5:32:18 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: aMorePerfectUnion; Grampa Dave

“The old doctors will eventually die off and the ones who accept the results of research will take over.”

The problem is that much of the research is shoddy and thus changes from year to year. FWIW, I read that those who have had heart problems are still helped by aspirin, but ON AVERAGE, those who haven’t had any heart problems don’t need it.


23 posted on 07/22/2019 5:44:04 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-beware-scientific-studiesmost-wrong.html

https://reason.com/2016/08/26/most-scientific-results-are-wrong-or-use/

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1182327/

https://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/believe-it-or-not-most-published-research-findings-are-probably-false

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39054778


58 posted on 07/22/2019 6:50:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("All great causes begin as movements, become businesses and end up as rackets." --Eric Hoffer)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
...telling me to take a baby aspirin...

Experience has taught me to be careful whom to tell this but...ain't no such thing as "baby aspirin." It's a persistent cultural carryover so deeply ingrained no one believes you when you explain it no longer exists. (Reye's Syndrome)

69 posted on 07/22/2019 7:33:27 PM PDT by stormhill
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

...and promote transgender surgeries.

If the shoe fits.


77 posted on 07/22/2019 8:04:40 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

I’ve been on the low-dose regimen for years. At this stage, I’ll just keep on taking them for the same reason I continue taking a daily multivitamin, which most will tell you is unnecessary ... it can’t hurt.


93 posted on 07/23/2019 10:13:18 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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