UK News 15-04-2005 who: Cardiovascular health expert Prof Peter Elwood what: Says over-50s should take mini-aspirin daily where: LONDON when: Tuesday snippet: Prof Elwood, of Cardiff University, told a conference organised by the Aspirin Foundation that "strokes and heart attacks could be reduced by about a third," says The Telegraph, and that "a low-dose aspirin a day may also help to protect against cancer and Alzheimer`s disease". In other health news, the British Medical Journal has warned that "people with a waist size greater than 39.37 inches (one metre) have a sharply increased risk of heart disease and diabetes"; and The Times says a study of obesity drug Rimonabant found that almost 40% of patients lost 10% of their body weight in a year. This compares to the two drugs already on the market which typically achieve weight losses of 3% to 4%. [... more]

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