Remember They Told Us to Take an Aspirin Every Day (Or Any Pain Killer) Would Reduce Risk of Alzheimers?
Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at
6:38 am
frank s asked:
NOT ANY MORE! Now they’re telling us it only delays the disease. It does not prevent it.Should we believe ANYTHING they tell us anymore?
Tagged with: Aspirin • Pain Killer • risk
Filed under: Alzheimers
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By definition, “reducing the risk of disease” does NOT equal preventing the disease – it equals reducing the risk of getting the disease!
I think you may be confusing Alzheimers and strokes, because they both cause dementia…
Aspirin is a low-level anti-coagulant== a blood thinner.
Strokes can occur if a clot forms in a blood vessel in your brain. So taking aspirin can help prevent strokes, hence the consequence of dementia.