Nearly one in three Americans over the age of 60 — roughly 19 million people — take aspirin daily, according to a 2021 study in Annals of Internal Medicine. Should you be among that group? Aspirin is ...

For years, many doctors have recommended that people in their 50s start taking a low-dose aspirin every day to protect heart health and, more recently, to prevent colon cancer. So it was a shock this ...

It all began with a grand experiment involving physicians, published in the hallowed pages of the New England Journal of Medicine: a nearly miraculous halving of heart attacks among those taking a low ...

When dealing with headaches, fevers, muscle pain or cramps, many people immediately reach for painkillers. These easily available medications can help alleviate discomfort, but knowing which ones to ...

Now comes word that aspirin may fend off cancer only if people take much more than is used to fight heart disease, suggesting some of the earlier back-and-forth may have been due to confusion over the ...

Daily aspirin therapy may lower your risk of heart attack, but daily aspirin therapy isn’t for everyone. Is it right for you? If you’ve had a heart attack or stroke, your doctor will likely recommend ...

Aspirin is one of the oldest drugs out there. And yet researchers are still learning what it can - and cannot - do. It's clear that daily aspirin can be beneficial for people who have had a heart ...

Aspirin has the potential to prevent certain forms of cancer from spreading, scientists have found, and could even be used as a cancer treatment in the future. New research from a University of ...

Aspirin is not typically used to treat fat embolism. Fat embolism syndrome is a serious condition that occurs when fat droplets enter the bloodstream and travel to the lungs, brain, or other organs.

The NHS has warned against the combination of naproxen and aspirin with a commonly used medication, as this mix could result ...