Aspirin For Alzheimer's Disease
   Regular use of aspirin seems to
reduce the risk of alzheimer's disease [35-36]. The risk is reduced even more if
aspirin is taken steadily more than a year [37]. Aspirin also seems to improve
thinking in alzheimer patients. One study compared 239 alzheimer patients not
taking aspirin with 206 alzheimer patients taking aspirin. The alzheimer
patients who took aspirin did better on tests of word recognition. Aspirin-using
patients also scored better on the cognitive subscale of the ADAS scale;
aspirin-using alzheimer patients had a mean score of 19.7 on the ADAS-cognitive
scale and non-aspirin using patients scored 21.3, a significant difference in
favor of aspirin users [38].