Betsey Piette (2020-05-12). Sanctions = Health terrorism. workers.org A timely international webinar, sponsored by SanctionsKill.org on May 9, featured representatives from Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Syria and Venezuela, plus a statement from Zimbabwe addressing the deadly impact of U.S. sanctions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 1,000 people from nearly every continent, including multiple U.S. cities, viewed the event. The . . . |

Robert A Byrne, Róisín Colleran (2020-05-09). [Comment] Aspirin for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. thelancet.com The antithrombotic efficacy of low-dose aspirin is well established. Its primary clinical effect is mediated by inhibition of platelet cyclooxygenase-1, which reduces thromboxane A2 formation and inhibits platelet aggregation. Over the course of recent decades, aspirin administration has shown a favourable risk—benefit ratio for reducing the risk of adverse events in patients with known atherosclerotic disease.1,2 By contrast, in patients without known atherosclerotic disease who are at risk of cardiovascular disease, the overall benefits of aspirin in terms of primary prevention of atherothrombotic events…