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.

Millions of older Americans are taking a daily dose of aspirin to lower their risk of having a heart attack or stroke for the first time — even though they shouldn’t, a new study finds.

"All the patients seemed to be on a low-dose aspirin," 63-year ... In men, daily aspirin therapy cut the risk of a first heart attack by a third. In women, daily aspirin therapy reduced the ...

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 ...

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.

F or years, doctors recommended that older adults at a higher risk for heart attack or stroke take a low-dose aspirin once a ...

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.

(i.e., fixed-dose/low-intensity warfarin (INR <2 ... subjects also meet defined criteria for prophylactic aspirin (i.e., prior heart attack or >10% 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease ...

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 ...

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

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 ...