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Hmmm. I posted this a year and a half ago:

Looks like the risk of heart attack has gone waaay up- "can double risk of heart attack" vs. "for some the risk was nine times higher", but the risk of getting much information has remained low. From no mention of of presumed risk of cardiovascular event to an undefined "high risk" and "low risk" "patients".

Two of my grandparents died in their 70s of "cardiovascular events" and two died young - one was murdered in a timber war, and one died of a contagious disease. Both my parents died of heart attacks in their 70s, and all my first cousins have had strokes, heart attacks, or diabetes.

I am 70, have 11 acres of prime second growth Douglas Fir trees, and am a vegetarian. I have severe sleep apnea (more or less controlled with CPAP), I take tylenol or aspirin for headaches (and no other drugs), suffer from no cardiovascular symptoms other than shortness of breath when I run with my dog in the nearby hills, and increased blood pressure when I am agitated.

Am I at risk of a)being murdered for my trees, b)dieing of a contagious disease, c)dieing of a heart attack, stroke, or diabetes, or d)none of the above, unless I take ibuprofen?