For years many doctors have recommended daily aspirin therapy for healthy adults as a way to help reduce the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular issues. More recent studies show that ...

The findings, published in Circulation, the Journal of the America Heart Association, followed research involving 17 healthy volunteers. Millions of patients take aspirin every day to prevent ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and for years doctors recommended older adults take a daily Aspirin ...

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 ...

Recognizing this point should cause us to resist drawing conclusions regarding aspirin use in patients with heart failure - even those with concomitant coronary artery disease - from data ...

Aspirin thins the blood by reducing its number of clotting agents, known as platelets. Though it won't fully stop a heart attack, it can prevent one from getting worse for many patients.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the u-s and for years doctors recommended older adults take a daily aspirin as a preventative measure. But medical guidelines have changed.

They compared cases to use of medications that typically protect heart health, including anti-platelets like aspirin that reduce heart attack risk, and beta blockers that treat high blood pressure.

A recent study by the Cardiocentro Ticino Foundation suggests that P2Y12 inhibitors, a class of medications often used to ...

The NHS says that, while waiting for an ambulance, it may help to chew and then swallow a tablet of aspirin (ideally 300mg), ...