Millions of people take a daily low-dose aspirin, even though they are not at risk of heart disease. (Getty Images) Here's ...

As low-dose prophylactic aspirin therapy becomes common among older people, potential risks that are associated with such treatment assume increasing importance. In particular, some clinicians are ...

Your cholesterol levels, good or bad, serve as an indicator of heart health. But, a recent study shows that if your levels ...

It's long been known that a daily dose of low-dose aspirin helps keep colon cancer at bay. But new research suggests that those who benefit most are folks whose lifestyles up their odds for the ...

Studies have linked nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, naproxen and aspirin, to serious health effects.

Description The goal of the trial was to evaluate treatment with famotidine compared with placebo among patients taking low-dose aspirin. Hypothesis Famotidine would be more effective in ...

Sandra Rose, a nurse in Raleigh, NC, started taking a daily aspirin because "it seemed like a wonder drug," preventing heart attacks and strokes. "All the patients seemed to be on a low-dose ...

The study, conducted by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), looked at the effects of a low, daily dose of aspirin on a number of things, like: pregnancy rates loss of ...

And neither of you will know which group you are in. This is called a double blind trial. Out of every 3 people who join the trial 2 people go into the group that takes a low dose of aspirin and 1 ...

Alternative regimen in case of intolerable headaches: switch to 1 cap at bedtime and low-dose aspirin in AM; return to usual regimen as soon as possible, usually within 1 week. Take one cap in the ...