After new recommendations reversed years-old advice on daily aspirin use, doctors tell older adults that lifestyle changes can help prevent heart attacks and strokes. Sunday, the American College ...

For years, the advice for preventing heart disease has been simple: take an aspirin every day; it can't hurt. But new research suggests that patients taking the pills and doctors prescribing them ...

It's a highly debated topic: Should you regularly take baby aspirin to protect your heart? While some research has shown that daily low-dose aspirin could be beneficial, other studies have ...

However, aspirin should still be taken under these circumstances if the chewable form is unavailable. Aspirin use in patients with heart disease is common.

Fewer than 40 percent of people who have suffered a heart attack or stroke take a daily aspirin, even though it can help prevent another cardiac event, a study shows.

In major new guidance, an influential task force no longer recommends daily aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke for people 60 and older.

According to new guidelines, most people without heart disease should not take a daily aspirin as a preventative measure.

Aspirin not only works to prevent heart attacks, it also counters myocardial infarctions that are underway, which is why the e-mail's suggestion that anyone thinking he's having a heart attack ...

The future of heart attack treatment beyond aspirin While aspirin remains a cornerstone of emergency cardiac care, medical science continues advancing with complementary approaches.

About 18% of people – which is nearly 1 in 5 – say they take preventive low-dose aspirin even though they have never had a heart attack or stroke and don’t have a family history. Among them ...

Still, the pill has its merits, particularly for those with a history of cardiovascular issues. Dr.London explains that there are two categories of patients who can safely take a daily aspirin.