date:Aug 01, 2018
nsidering the number of patients who have self-prescribed a daily dose. Aspirin helps to thin the blood and can be used to prevent blood clots, but researchers believe that for many patients, an aspirin a day could do more harm than good.
Researchers looked at the medical records for 68,000 patients and calculated each one's risk for developing heart disease or having a stroke over the next decade. They considered factors such as age, gender and blood pressure. Researchers excluded patients wit