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  2. The aspirin mistake: 29 million take it daily, not realizing ...

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    The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force took things a step further in 2022, discouraging all adults 60 and older from using aspirin as the primary prevention of heart disease. (Be sure to speak ...

  3. Aspirin is a blood thinner. Depending on your health ... - AOL

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    "Aspirin can reduce heart attacks and strokes, and to some degree other clots like those in the deep veins of the legs," Blaha sasys. "In low doses, aspirin inhibits platelets and therefore ...

  4. Daily Aspirin No Longer Recommended for Stroke Prevention in ...

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    "Aspirin only has a benefit if someone is at increased risk for heart disease. They shouldn't be starting just because they have reached a certain age," Dr. Chien-Wen Tseng, a member of the 16 ...

  5. Aspirin - Wikipedia

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    Aspirin is used in the treatment of a number of conditions, including fever, pain, rheumatic fever, and inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, pericarditis, and Kawasaki disease. [11] Lower doses of aspirin have also been shown to reduce the risk of death from a heart attack, or the risk of stroke in people who are at high risk ...

  6. Coronary artery disease - Wikipedia

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    Aspirin therapy to prevent heart disease is thus recommended only in adults who are at increased risk for cardiovascular events, which may include postmenopausal females, males above 40, and younger people with risk factors for coronary heart disease, including high blood pressure, a family history of heart disease, or diabetes. The benefits ...

  7. 1 in 3 older Americans take aspirin daily. What does it do?

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    "Aspirin can reduce heart attacks and strokes, and to some degree other clots like those in the deep veins of the legs," Blaha says. "In low doses, aspirin inhibits platelets and therefore reduces ...

  8. Aspirin can help reduce risk of second heart attack, but ...

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    For adults who have survived a heart attack or stroke, taking aspirin may reduce the risk of another cardiovascular event. But a new study suggests that less than half of these cardiovascular ...

  9. Mechanism of action of aspirin - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, aspirin induces the formation of NO-radicals in the body, which have been shown in mice to have an independent mechanism of reducing inflammation. This reduces leukocyte adhesion, which is an important step in immune response to infection. There is currently insufficient evidence to show that aspirin helps to fight infection. [18]

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