Aspirin counseling
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
AMA adopts a policy to increase physician education on the importance of appropriately counseling patients on aspirin therapy for prevention of heart disease and stroke, according to a separate release from the associations' annual meeting in Chicago. Six trials involving more than 95,000 adults using aspirin demonstrate the potential cardiovascular benefits of aspirin. Trial results show a 17 percent reduced risk of stroke in women and a 32 percent reduced risk of myocardial infarction in men (1"The Tan Sheet" Jan. 23, 2006, p. 7)...