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For years, doctors recommended that older adults at a higher risk for heart attack or stroke take a low-dose aspirin once a day to lower their risk. Aspirin helps prevent blood clots from forming, ...

Aspirin has other potential benefits. Although it is no longer recommended routinely to prevent heart attacks in otherwise healthy people, there is evidence that it can be helpful for those at high ...

The American Heart Association has issued its heart disease and stroke statistical update for 2025, which provides an overview of statistics related to CVD, stroke and CV risk factors. The authors of ...

DEAR DOCTOR: If you don't have risk factors for having a heart attack, should you be taking aspirin every day? DEAR READER: Let's consider the risk factors, how aspirin works and the numbers. The risk ...

An Orlando Health doctor shares research from a new study about preventing heart disease. The advertiser paid a fee to promote this sponsored video and may have influenced or authored the content. The ...

Is aspirin the Eighth Wonder of the World? Bayer Aspirin, celebrating the 110th anniversary of aspirin’s discovery, insists the pill ranks up there with the pyramids and the Taj Mahal. Says Bayer: ...

Aspirin remains one of the most inexpensive drugs in the pharmacy. A familiar brand-name tablet costs less than 6 cents a pill. A bottle containing 300 tablets will set you back under $17. Despite the ...