Daily low-dose aspirin doesn't reduce heart-attack risk in healthy people
- Written by John McNeil, Professor, Head of School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
For decades, doctors have been prescribing low-dose aspirin for healthy people over the age of 70.from shutterstock.com
Taking low-dose aspirin daily doesn’t preserve good health or delay the onset of disability or dementia in healthy older people. This was one finding from our seven-year study that included more than 19,000 older people from...
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