U.S. guidelines started discouraging prophylactic low-dose aspirin for adults over 70 in 2019. The U.S. Preventive Services ...

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 ...

"Aspirin should be reserved for secondary prevention in type 2 diabetes" was the title of a debate at the International Diabetes Federation's 2021 virtual meeting. The use of daily low-dose aspirin ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has published a final recommendation that advises against the initiation ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Around 1 in 6 older adults take aspirin as their primary method of preventing cardiovascular disease – despite stricter guidelines that no longer always call for it, a study finds. Almost one-quarter ...

(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 ...