The article reports on the advantage of taking low-dose of aspirin in women. According to new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), women ages 55 to 79 are advised to take aspirin daily to reduce the risk of acquiring stroke. The new guidelines revealed that ...
In this issue ofJAMA, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) presents an updated Recommendation Statement on aspirin use to prevent preeclampsia and related morbidity and mortality,1along with an updated Evidence Report and systematic review on the use of low-dose aspirin to prevent preeclam...
which shows low-dose aspirin could help prevent preeclampsia in women in the first stage of high blood pressure.The blood pressure guidelinesissued in November now consider a reading of 130 on the top or 80 on the bottom to be stage 1 hypertension. In the past, that...
The COMPASS and VOYAGER studies provide new evidence for dual-pathway inhibition (DPI) antithrombotic therapy with low-dose aspirin and reduced-dose rivaroxaban.#A major concern with the use of aspirin is the risk of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Strategies to protect patients include eradication ...
low-dose aspirin Vascular disease A minimal dose of aspirin administered daily to a person known to be at risk for coronary artery occlusion McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
The article discusses research on the effectiveness of daily low-dose aspirin during pregnancy in lowering the risk of preeclampsia and other adverse outcomes. It references a study by J. Henderson et al., published in a 2014 issue of the journal "Annals of Internal Medicine." The study involv...
Low-dose aspirin (LDA) has been studied for the prevention of preeclampsia and intrauterine fetal growth restriction. There have also been suggestions that LDA may decrease the rate of PTB, though speculation is that this is due to a decrease in medically indicated PTB. LDA has anti-inflammatory...
Low-doseaspirinreduces the risk fortype 2 diabetesamong older adults and slows the increase in fasting glucose levels over time, new research finds. The data come from a secondary analysis ofASPREE, a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of healthy adults aged 65 years or older, showing that...
Taking a low-dose aspirin every day has long been known to cut the chances of another heart attack, stroke or other heart problem in people who already have had one, but the risks don't outweigh the benefits for most other folks, major new research finds. ...
In sensitivity analysis pre-diagnostic low-dose aspirin was also not associated with reduced CRC-specific mortality (adjusted HR = 0.96, 95% CI 0.88–1.05). Conclusion: Low-dose aspirin use, either before or after diagnosis, did not prolong survival in this population-based CRC cohort. Keywords...