Aspirin Heart Attack

New recommendations on the use of low-dose aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke say the blood thinner's risks may outweigh its benefits, breaking from more than 30 years of widely accepted medical guidance.

Head of Monash University's Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, John McNeil said that the trial was long overdue and he hopes that the results will help inform prescribing doctors who have long been uncertain whether to recommend the drug to otherwise healthy patients.

Taking aspirin immediately after minor strokes could substantially reduce the risk of major strokes in patients who have minor 'warning' events, a team of European researchers has found.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday questioned the value of taking aspirin to try to ward off a first heart attack or stroke in people who have never had cardiovascular problems.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday questioned the value of taking aspirin to try to ward off a first heart attack or stroke in people who have never had cardiovascular problems.

Low doses of aspirin taken to lower the risk of heart attack and stroke also lower the risk of colon cancer.

The popular herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba does not appear to prevent heart attacks and strokes in older adults, but may help lower their risk of blocked arteries in the legs.

Doctor's often recommend a daily dose of aspirin to prevent heart attacks or stroke. But bleeding risks might counteract the benefits of the drug in aged.

Following a stroke, treatment with the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel can help prevent future strokes and heart attack. Recent research shows that clopidogrel doesn't work any better when given with the blood-thinner aspirin and, in fact, the risk of bleeding complications is increased.

More than 50 percent of deaths and disability from heart disease and strokes, which together kill more than 12 million people worldwide each year, can be halved. It can be done by a combination of simple, cost effective national efforts and individual actions to reduce major risk factors.

Recent study has shown that the clot-fighting drug warfarin, alone or combined with aspirin, may work better than aspirin alone in preventing further cardiac problems after a heart attack.

Patients who have had a heart attack are more likely to survive if they take aspirin BEFORE they take 'clot-busting agents' which are medicines that dissolve blood clots in the coronary arteries rather than in the reverse order. According to researchers of Sheba Medical Centre in Tel-Hashomer, Israel although it is not clear why the order makes a ...

New recommendations on the use of low-dose aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke say the blood thinner's risks may outweigh its benefits, breaking from more than 30 years of widely accepted medical guidance.

Head of Monash University's Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, John McNeil said that the trial was long overdue and he hopes that the results will help inform prescribing doctors who have long been uncertain whether to recommend the drug to otherwise healthy patients.

Taking aspirin immediately after minor strokes could substantially reduce the risk of major strokes in patients who have minor 'warning' events, a team of European researchers has found.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday questioned the value of taking aspirin to try to ward off a first heart attack or stroke in people who have never had cardiovascular problems.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday questioned the value of taking aspirin to try to ward off a first heart attack or stroke in people who have never had cardiovascular problems.

Low doses of aspirin taken to lower the risk of heart attack and stroke also lower the risk of colon cancer.

The popular herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba does not appear to prevent heart attacks and strokes in older adults, but may help lower their risk of blocked arteries in the legs.

Doctor's often recommend a daily dose of aspirin to prevent heart attacks or stroke. But bleeding risks might counteract the benefits of the drug in aged.

Following a stroke, treatment with the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel can help prevent future strokes and heart attack. Recent research shows that clopidogrel doesn't work any better when given with the blood-thinner aspirin and, in fact, the risk of bleeding complications is increased.

More than 50 percent of deaths and disability from heart disease and strokes, which together kill more than 12 million people worldwide each year, can be halved. It can be done by a combination of simple, cost effective national efforts and individual actions to reduce major risk factors.

Recent study has shown that the clot-fighting drug warfarin, alone or combined with aspirin, may work better than aspirin alone in preventing further cardiac problems after a heart attack.

Patients who have had a heart attack are more likely to survive if they take aspirin BEFORE they take 'clot-busting agents' which are medicines that dissolve blood clots in the coronary arteries rather than in the reverse order. According to researchers of Sheba Medical Centre in Tel-Hashomer, Israel although it is not clear why the order makes a ...