For decades, taking low-dose aspirin (81 mg) every day was widely recommended as an easy way to prevent heart attacks and ...

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

Changing the prescribing protocol for low-dose aspirin (LDA) for preeclampsia prevention from risk-based to universal ...

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 ...

Peter Elwood of Cardiff University, who directed the study, said the use of low-dose aspirin as a preventive in heart disease, stroke and cancer is well established but evidence is now emerging ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 911 operator might recommend you take one adult-strength aspirin or two to four low-dose aspirin in the middle of a heart attack, according to the American College of Cardiology. One study found ...

Immediate administration of aspirin after ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) reduces the risk of vascular events, but the optimum dose in this setting is unknown. Berger et al.

Low-dose aspirin (75–325 mg once daily), used to prevent cardiovascular events in high-risk patients, is associated with an increased risk of gastroduodenal ulceration. Esomeprazole, a proton ...

Professor Rothwell said he was not urging healthy middle-aged adults to immediately start taking aspirin, but said the evidence on cancer "tips things towards it being well worth it". The benefit in ...