NEW ORLEANS -- People with diabetes may be among those who still benefit from primary prevention aspirin, a large observational study suggested. In contrast with the unimpressive track record of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Up to 15% of older adults may routinely use aspirin for primary prevention. Many continue use despite knowing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nearly one in 20 adults aged 60 years and older without CVD used aspirin without medical advice. The findings ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aspirin, in woman’s hand, elderly “An aspirin a day keeps the doctor away?” Daily aspirin use for primary prevention of CVD has been recommended against by the USPSTF. The most recent recommendations ...

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States, at a cost of about 700,000 lives per year. For decades, and as recently as 2022, doctors recommended that all healthy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Daily low-dose aspirin is no longer recommended for heart attack prevention for people 60 and over, but many still take it despite ...

(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 ...