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Dr Baigent said surveys in the UK have shown that aspirin is prescribed to less than a quarter of people with diseases such as peripheral arterial disease - a condition which causes fatty deposits to build up in the arteries of the leg, and which commonly leads to heart attacks or strokes.
BBC: Aspirin
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The study of a sustained release oral formulation of the synthetic form of prostacylin showed that patients treated for pulmonary arterial hypertension did not achieve a statistically significant improvement in how far they were able to walk within six minutes by week 16 of the trial.
FORBES: Pharma News: United Therapeutics, Zogenix, Par Pharmaceuticals
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An international research team of cardiologists, radiologists and archeologists used CT scanners to evaluate the mummies, hunting for deposits of calcium in arterial walls that are a telltale sign of hardening of the arteries that can lead to heart attacks and strokes.
WSJ: Telltale Finding on Heart Disease in Mummies