Nearly one in three Americans over the age of 60 — roughly 19 million people — take aspirin daily, according to a 2021 study.
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Study Challenges Long-Held Aspirin Guidelines
For decades, taking a daily low-dose aspirin was a widely accepted practice for preventing heart attacks and strokes. But a ...
After guideline changes, aspirin use dropped off overall, even for higher-risk patients in whom it might still be considered.
Among older adults and adults with low atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk for whom aspirin is not rec ...
Aspirin did not provide any clinical benefits in a cohort of patients with colorectal cancer who had no history of cardiovascular disease or stroke.
Aspirin use in patients with PI3K-mutated colorectal cancer helped to reduce disease recurrence, highlighting the importance ...
Racial minorities and people on Medicaid were still taking baby aspirin in 2021-2023 despite guideline warnings. (JAMA) For ...
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued new recommendations advising people age 60 and older to not begin taking ...
Low-dose aspirin significantly reduced risk for colorectal cancer recurrence among patients with mutations in the PI3K ...
Three-year results from the ALASCCA trial (NCT02647099), presented at the 2025 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium, showed ...