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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Despite guideline recommendation changes, some patients are still taking a daily dose of aspirin for prevention of heart attack or stroke ... use of aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease ...

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 ...

Why you should call 911 immediately at the onset of any symptoms. Can aspirin prevent heart attacks? LARRY KING: Dr. Legato, what do we mean by the golden hour of a heart attack? DR. MARIANNE ...

For decades, aspirin has been the standard preventive treatment for patients with blood vessel disease. After an acute ...

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 ...

Experts stop short of recommending aspirin for everyone. But many are now saying it’s time to talk to your doctor to see if it can help you decrease your risk of cancer. We’re talking about ...