According to decades-long research, women who took low to moderate (节制) daily doses of
aspirin had a reduced death rate ,especially from heart disease.
The research,based on data from a major trial that has tracked almost 80,000 women since 1976,
found that women who reported using aspirin on a regular basis had a 25 percent lower risk of death
from any cause than women who didn't take the drug.
The risk of death from cardiovascular (心血管的) disease was 38 percent lower for aspirin users,
and there was also a 12 percent reduction in cancer deaths that took effect after a decade of aspirin
use, the researchers found in their report based on the Nurses' Health Study.
However,an accompanying editorial in the journal cautioned that the results were open to debate
and far from definitive.
The dissenting (持异议的) editorial was based on results of an earlier trial by the Women's Health
Study, which followed almost 40,000 women for 11 years and found no reduction in overall deaths.
Therefore,the new findings" cannot overcome the accumulated evidence that aspirin is not particularly
effective for the primary prevention of death from cardiovascular disease in women. "
" This is a complicated issue , " said Dr. Andrew T. Chan, leading author of the new report. "We
understand that aspirin has potential health benefits,but who would aspirin therapy(疗法) be appropriate
for? There are areas of disagreements that need further study before that question can be answered" ,
Chan said. But there is information from the two large studies and other trials that can help guide women
and their physicians,he said. And anyone who is thinking about daily aspirin should really talk with doctors about the benefits and risks.
1. The new report clearly benefits the women suffering _____.
A. heart disease
B. cancer
C. lose of memory
D. aspirin side effects
2. Which of the following questions hasn't been solved according to Dr. Chan?
A. Whether aspirin is beneficial for health?
B. Which of the two researches is really reliable?
C. Who will do the further study in this area?
D. Who are proper for this treatment?
3. Which research does the author seem to support?
A. The new one.
B. The earlier one.
C. Neither.
D. Both.
4.We know from the last paragraph that women who trust the treatment should ____.
A. be very careful about it
B. start immediately with the help of their physicians
C. concentrate on the benefits instead of the risks
D. turn to their physicians for only the benefit it has
5. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To promote the new aspirin therapy to women.
B. To introduce two controversial researches.
C. To draw a final conclusion on the debate.
D. To help women live longer and healthier.
