The standard dose is one baby aspirin (81 milligrams) a day. Higher doses are no more effective, and can cause more stomach upset. When it comes to heart attacks and strokes, men and women are not ...

Despite guideline recommendation changes, some patients are still taking a daily dose of aspirin for prevention of heart attack or stroke, according to a Jan. 13 The Washington Post report.

For decades, taking low-dose aspirin every day was widely recommended as an easy way to prevent heart attacks and strokes. But that advice has changed.

Research-backed guidance from the American Heart Association (AHA ... care provider before putting yourself on a daily dose ...

Now we’re looking at aspirin as a tool in preventing some of ... probably best to just take a low dose – 75 mg. When should you start taking it? Probably around age 50, but again, that depends ...

A new study has revealed that a daily aspirin can help lower the risk of heart attack and clot-related strokes. A new study has revealed that a daily aspirin can help lower the risk of heart ...

This article suggests the need to reconsider the benefits of using aspirin in stroke prevention ... Based on the RE-LY study, a 150-mg dose of dabigatran as compared with warfarin was shown ...

The simple aspirin and drugs used to lower blood pressure can be used to prevent heart disease at a fraction of the cost of traditional cholesterol-busting treatments, researchers claimed today.

Safe aspirin elimination in patients with HeartMate 3 LVAD reduces bleeding risk, offering key clinical practice insights.

As low-dose prophylactic aspirin therapy becomes common among older people, potential risks that are associated with such treatment assume increasing importance. In particular, some clinicians are ...

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 ...