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 ...

June 5, 2012— -- 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 ...

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

What doctors say about baby aspirin and heart health. The guidance on daily aspirin for heart health has changed significantly over the years, confirms Ryan K. Kaple, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Director of ...

Another was given regular aspirin tablets and told to chew the pills before swallowing. A third group was given chewable aspirin tablets, and swallowing occurred during chewing.

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.

Aspirin lowers risk after a heart attack or stroke. Most don’t use it. Fewer than 40 percent of people who have suffered a heart attack or stroke take a daily aspirin, even though it can help ...

That small white pill in your medicine cabinet might be more valuable than you realize. When someone clutches their chest and calls 911 with heart attack symptoms, emergency responders often reach ...

First recommended in the 1990s, milllions of Americans continue to take an aspirin each day for their heart health — despite findings it increases your bleeding risk. In fact, the American ...

The NHS says that, while waiting for an ambulance, it may help to chew and then swallow a tablet of aspirin (ideally 300mg), as long as the person having a heart attack is not allergic to aspirin.

It’s a tough pill to swallow. Aspirin is a popular drug with people of all ages — but one heart surgeon says not everybody should be popping the pain reliever. Dr. Jeremy London took to TikTok ...