Heart attack: MAYO CLINIC ON ASPIRIN

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Subject: Mayo Clinic on Aspirin - PASS IT ON

   Mayo Clinic  Aspirin
                        Dr. Virend  Somers, is a Cardiologist from the Mayo Clinic, 
who is lead author of the report in the July  29, 2008 issue of
the Journal of the  American College of Cardiology.
Most  heart attacks occur in the day, generally 
between 6  A.M. and noon.  Having one during the night,  when
            the heart  should be most at rest, means
          that  something unusual happened. Somers and his  colleagues
            have been  working for a decade to show that sleep apnea is 
          to blame. 
           
1. If  you take an aspirin or a baby aspirin once a  day,
           take it at  night.
           The reason:  Aspirin has a 24-hour "half-life";
           therefore,  if most heart attacks happen in the 
           wee hours  of the morning, the
Aspirin would be  strongest in your system.
2. FYI, 
Aspirin lasts a really long time in your  medicine chest
for years, (when it gets old,  it smells like vinegar).
Please read on. 
Something that we can do to help  ourselves - nice to know.
           Bayer is  making crystal aspirin to dissolve instantly on  the tongue.
They work much faster than the  tablets.
          
Why  keep Aspirin by your bedside? It's about Heart  Attacks -
There are other symptoms of a  heart attack, besides the
pain on the left  arm. One must also be aware of an intense 
pain on the chin, as well as nausea and lots  of sweating;
however, these symptoms may  also occur less frequently.
Note: There  may be NO pain in the chest during a heart  attack.
The majority of people (about  60%) who had
a heart attack during their  sleep did not wake up.
           However, if  it occurs, the chest pain may wake you up from 
your deep sleep.
If that happens,  immediately dissolve two aspirins in your mouth 
           and swallow  them with a bit of water.
Afterwards: 
- Call 911.
- Phone a neighbor or a  family member who lives very close by.
- Say  "heart attack!"
- Say that you have taken 2  Aspirins.
- Take a seat on a chair or sofa 
          near the  front door, and wait for their arrival and 
           
...DO  NOT LIE DOWN!

A  Cardiologist has stated that if each person  after
receiving this e-mail, sends it to 10  people, probably one
life could be saved! 
I have  already shared this information. What about you? 
Do  forward this message. It may save  lives!
 

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