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.

Yet aspirin is a valuable tool for people who want to do everything they can to prevent heart attacks and stroke. After seeing her doctor, Sandra Rose decided she was one of them. She decided to ...

Aspirin helps the heart primarily by its antiplatelet effects, which prevent blood clots ... as clots here can lead to heart attacks or strokes, says the expert. Aspirin’s anti-inflammatory ...

He also says that people experiencing a heart attack can take uncoated aspirin while waiting for paramedics to arrive because it acts as a blood thinner and can prevent blood clots from forming ...

But daily low-dose (75mg) aspirin is used to make the blood less sticky and can help to prevent heart attacks and stroke. Most strokes are caused by clots in the blood vessels of the brain but ...

for life after a person has a stroke or heart attack to help prevent more attacks. But researchers have known for some time that aspirin can increase the risk of stomach bleeds. Until now ...

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 ...

The person may have persistent, vice-like chest pain, which may spread to their arms, neck, jaw, back or stomach. This pain happens because a blockage stops blood getting to the heart muscle. The pain ...