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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Aspirin has a long and storied history, used in the naturally derived form of willow bark extracts for at least the last 2,000 years to treat fevers and pain. Artificially ...

A new study suggests aspirin may lower stroke risk among middle-aged women with a history of preeclampsia. Middle-aged women with a history of preeclampsia have a greater risk of stroke, and aspirin ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In people with a family history of parental premature MI, aspirin for primary prevention was not associated with ...

An aspirin a day was, for decades, believed to keep heart disease at bay, and older Americans out of the doctor’s office. But proposed recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A history of NERD was the only significant predictor of increased risk for hypersensitivity to aspirin. The ...

HealthDay News — About seven in 10 Americans with a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) or stroke regularly take aspirin, according to a report published in the July 17 issue of the U.S. Centers ...

Though preeclampsia rates are declining or stable in other developed nations, they are rapidly rising in the United States, where about one in 20 pregnancies is complicated by preeclampsia and other ...