Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of people take a daily low-dose aspirin, even though they are not at risk of heart disease. (Getty Images) (spxChrome via ...

Researchers say that a daily routine of low-dose aspirin does not appear to reduce the risk of cancer in older adults.

HealthDay News — Regular aspirin use significantly reduced risk of cancer, metastasis and cancer mortality, findings from the largest-ever analyses exploring the drug’s effects on cancer indicate.

Once seen as a simple way to protect the heart, daily aspirin is now being reconsidered as experts warn that for healthy individuals, the risks may outweigh the benefits.

A recent study by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that nearly half of United States adults incorrectly believe the benefits of daily aspirin use outweigh the potential risks. Credit: Weining ...

Aspirin increases the risk of major bleeding in large study of Italian patients. June 5, 2012— -- For years, the advice for preventing heart disease has been simple: take an aspirin every day; it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Daily low-dose aspirin is no longer recommended for heart attack prevention for people 60 and over, but many still take it despite ...

Many people still believe the benefits of taking an aspirin every day to prevent heart attacks and strokes outweigh the potential dangers – despite experts warning of the contrary more than five years ...

New research highlighted how aspirin is unnecessary in antithrombotic regimens for patients with advanced heart failure and fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). Among ...

For years, doctors recommended that older adults at a higher risk for heart attack or stroke take a low-dose aspirin once a day to lower their risk. Aspirin helps prevent blood clots from forming, ...