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, ...

It's one of the most well-known tenets of modern medicine: An aspirin a day keeps the doctor away. But according to a trio of studies published Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine, a daily ...

Daily low-dose aspirin is no longer recommended for heart attack prevention for people 60 and over, but many still take it despite risks, a new survey finds. (Getty Images) Many older adults are ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Many people take a low-dose aspirin every day. But is it really beneficial? A new study says for some adults, it might not be. For the people who take an aspirin a day, most of ...

Women who recently and regularly take a daily low-dose aspirin may lower their risk of developing ovarian cancer, new research suggests. Women who recently and regularly take a daily low-dose aspirin ...

For decades, daily low-dose aspirin was recommended to people over 60 to help prevent strokes and heart attacks—but is that still the case? As it turns out, not so much—at least not for everyone. That ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You may have heard that taking a low dose of aspirin every day can boost your heart health. Last year, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My wife and I are both healthy and in our 70s. At 5 feet, 9 inches tall, we are both at a reasonable weight. Our yearly blood panels always come back with good results. We both take ...

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Approximately 48% of people think that the benefits of taking low-dose aspirin every day to lower their risk of heart attack or stroke outweigh the risks, but they’re wrong, according to a survey from ...

It's a highly debated topic: Should you regularly take baby aspirin to protect your heart? While some research has shown that daily low-dose aspirin could be beneficial, other studies have presented ...