Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2012;10(4):433-439. This article suggests the need to reconsider the benefits of using aspirin in stroke prevention, especially in low-risk patients or patients not ...

For decades, taking low-dose aspirin (81 mg) every day was widely recommended as an easy way to prevent heart attacks and strokes. But that changed when growing evidence led the American Heart ...

Scientists have discovered how aspirin may stop some cancers from spreading, describing it as a "Eureka moment". The new research builds on existing evidence suggesting aspirin supports a boost in ...

Aspirin might unleash the immune system's ability to recognize and destroy cancers at risk of spreading elsewhere in the body. © RVillalon via Shutterstock One of ...

Share on Pinterest Research in mice shows how aspirin may boost the immune response against cancer, keeping secondary tumors at bay. Image credit: AsiaVision/Getty Images. Around half of all ...

Sandra Rose, a nurse in Raleigh, NC, started taking a daily aspirin because "it seemed like a wonder drug," preventing heart attacks and strokes. "All the patients seemed to be on a low-dose ...

Scientists believe they have discovered how the cheap painkiller aspirin can stop cancers spreading. In animal experiments they showed the drug enhanced the ability of the immune system to fight back.

Nearly half of survey respondents (48%) incorrectly said that the benefits of taking low-dose aspirin daily to lower one’s odds of having a stroke or heart attack outweigh the risks, according ...

Michael Mosley talks to two experts with very different opinions on whether healthy people, who haven’t had a heart attack, should be taking a daily 75mg dose of aspirin. Professor Peter Elwood ...