Nearly one in three Americans over the age of 60 — roughly 19 million people — take aspirin daily, according to a 2021 study in Annals of Internal Medicine. Should you be among that group?

I am an 84-year-old male in fairly good health for my age. I take 8-10 pills a day, including two over-the-counter ...

Overall, aspirin patients were 55% less likely to have cancer recur than those taking a placebo WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Daily low-dose aspirin can help prevent cancers from ...

These medicines are commonly used together, and doctors and pharmacists use drug interaction calculators to look for possible ...

Aspirin could be a powerful weapon against Britain's biggest cancer killer, experts said yesterday. A U.S. study found that the painkiller can help cut the chance of developing the most common ...

Won’t there be some kind of chemical reaction resulting in less effectiveness? The medicines that I am presently taken are atorvastatin, amlodipine, baby aspirin (81 mg), irbesartan, finasteride ...

I am an 84-year-old male in fairly good health for my age. I take 8-10 pills a day, including two over-the-counter medications. I take four or five ...

I am an 84-year-old male in fairly good health for my age. I take 8-10 pills a day, including two over-the-counter medications. I take four or five in the morning and four or five in the evening. My ...

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2012;10(4):433-439. This article suggests the need to reconsider the benefits of using aspirin in stroke prevention, especially in low-risk patients or patients not ...

ACS: Acute coronary syndrome; CV: Cardiovascular; MI: Myocardial infarction; PCI: Percutaneous coronary intervention; TIA: Transient ischemic attack.

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