here was actually a higher percentage of strokes in the group that took aspirin than in the group that took a placebo. Why do you think this result did not get much press coverage, whereas the result indicating that aspirin reduces the risk of heart attacks did get substantial coverage? The relationship between strokes and aspirin was significant, unlike the relationship between heart attacks. Strokes are not as serious as heart attacks. Heart attack awareness has much more influential lobby groups than stroke awareness, so no policy makers care about strokes. The relationship between strokes and aspirin was not significant, unlike the relationship between heart attacks