For years, doctors recommended that older adults at a higher risk for heart attack or stroke take a low-dose aspirin once a day to lower their risk. Aspirin helps prevent blood clots from forming ...

For decades, doctors told healthy older adults to take low-dose aspirin every day to prevent heart attack or stroke. The guidance has since changed — but many older adults are still taking it.

A recent survey found that almost 30 percent of Americans 60 and older who don’t have cardiovascular disease take aspirin every day to prevent heart attack and stroke. Studies have found that ...

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 ...

Taking aspirin every day really could extend your life. I've changed my mind after years of scepticism, writes PROFESSOR ROB GALLOWAY. By PROFESSOR ROB GALLOWAY. Published: 21:00 EDT, 7 October ...

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 ...

Experts now say that taking an aspirin a day won’t keep a heart attack away. ... “If they said take it every six hours, that’s what I did. I didn’t even think about it.

Experts now say that taking an aspirin a day won’t keep a heart attack away. ... “If they said take it every six hours, that’s what I did. I didn’t even think about it.

Daily Aspirin No Longer Recommended for Stroke Prevention in Older Adults — Although Millions Still Take It. A new survey found that 1 in 5 adults “who say they have no personal or family ...

An aspirin a day may do more harm than good In the U.S. alone, one in five people over the age of 40 take a daily aspirin. Recent studies show that for some of them, the risks outweigh the benefits.