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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to the study background, the use of aspirin for secondary prevention is recommended due to its ...

It’s not breaking news for most people in the field that aspirin shouldn’t play a major role in preventing new-onset cardiovascular disease, but the United States Preventive Services Task Force ...

Credit: Getty Images. Starting aspirin in patients 60 years or older to prevent a first heart attack or stroke is not recommended. The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has released an ...

New draft recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on the use of aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been released and appear to limit ...

Barcelona, Spain, 31 August: The beneficial effects of aspirin in primary prevention of cardiovascular events i.e. stroke, MI and cardiac death are known and generally accepted. In a recent ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The draft statement also recommends that use of aspirin for primary CVD prevention in adults aged 40 to 59 years ...

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 ...

The risks of using daily aspirin as heart disease protection outweigh the benefits for seniors, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced Tuesday in a major policy reversal. New evidence has ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - While aspirin has been shown to be effective in preventing heart attacks in men, it also increases the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding and possibly stroke, even at low doses. As ...

Starting aspirin in patients 60 years or older to prevent a first heart attack or stroke is not recommended. The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has released an updated draft recommendation ...