You do expect your doctor to contact you in the next week to determine if you are genetically resistant to aspirin, Don't you?
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Nearly 60 million Americans take aspirin every day to help prevent
heart attacks and stroke, but new research from Duke University shows
aspirin may not be fully effective for 10 to 15 percent of the
population.
A study published Wednesday in the online Journal of the American
College of Cardiology reports that a blood-based test of gene activity
was able to detect "aspirin resistance," which causes the cardiovascular
system to be less responsive to traditional aspirin therapy.
"We have seen a substantial number of people who take aspirin for
prevention come back in with heart attacks and strokes, so we knew it
wasn't working in some people," said Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, senior author
and director of genomic medicine at Duke's Institute for Genome
Sciences & Policy. "We wanted to look at that under controlled
conditions."
About 25 to 30 percent of patients using aspirin therapy eventually
have strokes or heart attacks, he said. Genetics, environmental
conditions and behavior patterns all are known to play a role in
cardiovascular health.
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