World Pharma News - Regular aspirin use may do more harm than good, study warns

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Regular aspirin use may do more harm than good, study warns

Posted by worldpharmanews 288 days ago (http://www.worldpharmanews.com)
Category: Research & Development | Tags: aspirin biomed

Can an aspirin a day keep the doctor away? New research, part of the EU-funded BIOMED (Biomedicine and health) programme, shows it can't all the time. The researchers have discovered that although regular use of aspirin can reduce the rate of non-fatal heart attacks or stroke by around 12%, there is a 33% increase in the risk of internal bleeding in people with no history of relevant disease (primary prevention). The findings are published in The Lancet journal.
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