Previous guidelines recommended low-dose aspirin therapy for the primary prevention of stroke in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus who were at increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. Risk ...

Tens of millions of US adults are sticking with their daily aspirin tablet in the hopes of preventing cardiovascular disease despite multiple studies questioning the practice as well as ...

With the aim of stroke prevention, older adults free of cardiovascular disease do not have anything to gain from taking low-dose aspirin on a daily basis and the risks outweigh any potential benefit, ...

Aspirin may be of specific benefit for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in individuals with raised Lp(a) levels, a new study has suggested. The study analyzed data from the ASPREE ...

22.7 percent of primary prevention aspirin users started aspirin without a physician's recommendation. (HealthDay News) — Almost 15 percent of U.S. adults aged 50 to 80 years are taking aspirin for ...

Following updated recommendations, there was a significant decrease in reported primary prevention aspirin use from 23.5% in 2017-2020 to 17.2% in 2021-2023. (HealthDay News) — Among older adults and ...

New research shows that, in spite of recommendations discouraging use of aspirin in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease among older adults, nearly a third of adults 60 years and older are ...

BOSTON — Aspirin may not be as beneficial vs. other agents for primary CVD prevention following recent research, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting. Fred R. Buckhold III, MD, ...

(CNN) — For adults who have survived a heart attack or stroke, taking aspirin regularly may reduce the risk of another cardiovascular event. But a new study suggests that less than half of these ...

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 ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Some patients may be taking aspirin inappropriately, two single-center retrospective studies found. In the first study, conducted at general medicine units at an academic medical ...