Sandra Rose, a nurse in Raleigh, NC, started taking a daily aspirin because "it seemed like a wonder drug," preventing heart attacks and strokes. "All the patients seemed to be on a low-dose ...
Recognizing this point should cause us to resist drawing conclusions regarding aspirin use in patients with heart failure - even those with concomitant coronary artery disease - from data ...
Aspirin offers double protection against heart disease - not only preventing blood clots but also stopping inflammation inside arteries, research has found. Until now, doctors assumed aspirin's ...
In addition to its role as an analgesic, aspirin is being increasingly used in the prophylaxis of ischemic heart disease and strokes. The prevalence of aspirin intolerance is around 5 to 6%.
For decades, taking low-dose aspirin (81 mg) every day was widely recommended as an easy way to prevent heart attacks and strokes. But that changed when growing evidence led the American Heart ...
Now we’re looking at aspirin as a tool in preventing some of the most dreaded cancers ovarian, stomach, breast, colon, and prostate. It’s true … evidence is growing to support taking a daily ...
“… 22,000 male US physicians 40 to 84 years of age were entered in the trial and randomly assigned to receive one of four treatments…After an average of 4.8 ...
Patients who have had a stroke caused by bleeding in the brain can safely take aspirin to cut their risk of future strokes and heart problems, according to a new study. Aspirin thins the blood and ...
Michael Mosley talks to two experts with very different opinions on whether healthy people, who haven’t had a heart attack, should be taking a daily 75mg dose of aspirin. Professor Peter Elwood ...