It was around 120 years ago that aspirin, one of the most widely used drugs in the world, was patented. However, the origins of this medicine, found in most everyone’s medicine cabinet, date to the ...

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

A cardiologist has explained why it may not be beneficial for healthy people to take aspirin every day, as more than 2 million Brits believed to take drug.

For adults who have survived a heart attack or stroke, taking aspirin regularly may reduce the risk of another cardiovascular event. But a new study suggests that less than half of these ...

Around 1 in 6 older adults take aspirin as their primary method of preventing cardiovascular disease – despite stricter guidelines that no longer always call for it, a study finds. Almost one-quarter ...