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Graphic: Logo World Heart Day
A widespread, underestimated disease
Cardiovascular diseases are at the top of the cause-of-death statistics. In Germany alone, twelve million people between the ages of 35 and 65 have a high risk of heart attack (cardiac infarction) or stroke. And many of them are unaware of this risk.
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Birth of a Classic
It is 110 years since acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), the active substance in Aspirin, was first produced.
In 1897, the Bayer chemist Felix Hoffmann synthesized acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), the ingredient that has since had a global career as the active substance in Aspirin and continues that career as a key subject of pharmaceutical research.
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Avoiding summer colds
Good to know: Ten ways to avoid summer colds
Tips, precautions and background information on the most common risk factors that can lead to a cold. Most people living in our part of the world can hardly wait for the summer and the sun. Yet even at almost tropical temperatures of around 30°C, many soon feel the downside by catching a cold. And this is not unusual: about 20 percent of all influenza infections hit us in the summer. Fortunately, however, it's not difficult to avoid summer colds. You should bear the following in mind:
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