New Advice on Daily Aspirin
In April 2016 the influential U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released final recommendations about the use of low-dose aspirin to help prevent not only cardiovascular disease (CVD) but also...
View ArticleAspirin Therapy? There's an App for That
If you are unsure whether you should take low-dose aspirin to reduce the risk of a heart attack (and possibly colorectal cancer), a free, easy-to-use smartphone app called the Aspirin Guide can help...
View ArticleAspirin vs. Colon Cancer
If you have been treated for colon cancer or have had an adenoma (a colon polyp that may become cancer) removed, talk with your doctor about taking a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), such...
View ArticleEffervescent Antacids: Don't Overdo Them
Don’t take effervescent antacids like Alka-Seltzer, Bromo Seltzer, or their generics more than occasionally.Many people don’t realize that these contain aspirin, which can cause potentially dangerous...
View ArticleBeware of Stopping Low-Dose Aspirin Therapy
If your health care provider has advised low-dose aspirin therapy, don’t stop taking it without consulting him or her first. A 2017 study of 601,000 Swedes, published in Circulation, found that...
View ArticleThe Aspirin-A-Day Quandary: Do Benefits Outweigh Risks?
Should you take a daily low-dose aspirin to reduce your risk of heart disease? The question seems simple enough. But, after decades of research, it’s proved stubbornly difficult to answer definitively....
View ArticleThe Aspirin-Cancer Link
In 2016, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued the first-ever recommendations for daily aspirin to prevent colorectal cancer. The guidelines say that people 50 to 59 years old who are at...
View ArticleDaily Aspirin Takes a Hit
Few people over age 70 should take low-dose aspirin to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, unless they have already had a heart attack or stroke or are at special risk for one, and even those...
View ArticleWhy Does My Eye Look Bloody?
Q: I’ve noticed that a day or so after I take aspirin I often get a burst of blood on the white of my eye, shaped like a blotchy circle. Should I be concerned? A: The blood bursts you describe are...
View ArticleAspirin...for Your Colon?
Taking aspirin regularly may help ward off cancers of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, suggested the largest study of its kind to date—a meta-analysis of 113 studies, published in the Annals of...
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