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A daily aspirin might not be what the doctor ordered

A drug taken regularly by half of US adults might raise the risk of serious bleeding.
Colourful polarised light micrograph of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) crystals

Crystals of aspirin, which has been shown to raise the risk of bleeding in the elderly. Credit: Karl Gaff/SPL

Taking aspirin daily does not significantly prevent first-time cardiovascular disease in healthy elderly people — and might even be harmful.

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Nature 561, 437 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06728-z

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