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dr. steve nissen has studied the risk between heart attack and nsaid that allowing people to suffer fromn is not always acceptable and so we try to work with our patients and we try to find the best pathway to relieving their pain without causing them to have a second heart attack. >> reporter: nissin points out that a 20% to 50% risk has to be put in perspective. for example, a healthy young man has much less than a 1% annual risk of a heart attack. would you say then that the take-home message from this kind of study really applies to people at high risk for heart disease rather than the general public? >> there's probably some risk for everybody, but the absolutely degree of risk is much higher for people who have heart disease. it's intermediate for people who don't have heart disease but have risk factors and it's particularly low if you're young and healthy. >> nissin says nsaids always carry some risk, so people should take the lowest dose for the least amount of time. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >>> well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," grammy winni

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