Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: More Harm Than Good - Researchers Find Widespread Aspirin Use Despite Few Benefits, High Risks
July 25, 2019
July 25, 2019
BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 25 -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center issued the following news release, dated July 22:
Medical consensus once supported daily use of low dose aspirin to prevent heart attack and stroke in people at increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). But in 2018, three major clinical trials cast doubt on that conventional wisdom, finding few benefits and consistent bleeding risks associated with daily aspirin use. Taken together, the findings led the Am . . .
Medical consensus once supported daily use of low dose aspirin to prevent heart attack and stroke in people at increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). But in 2018, three major clinical trials cast doubt on that conventional wisdom, finding few benefits and consistent bleeding risks associated with daily aspirin use. Taken together, the findings led the Am . . .