[mindcrime]

Tylenol is the perfect example of this. Everyone "knows" that it reduces the risk of heart attacks, because of the marketing campaigns.

I've never heard a soul mention Tylenol in connection with decreased heart attack risk. Are you sure you aren't thinking about aspirin?

[ghaff]

Furthermore, given that I can buy a a jar of 1,000 low dosage store-brand aspirin for $10 or so, I doubt that the adult use of baby aspirin came about because of a vast pharma-financed advertising campaign.