Daily aspirin use may not prevent first heart attack

A daily aspirin did little to lower the probability of a stroke or heart attack in people who had not had a previous vascular event, new research shows. The study, conducted by Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, gave aspirin or a placebo to 12,546 people who were thought to have a moderate risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years, the Associated Press reported.  "Aspirin did not reduce the occurrence of major cardiova scular events in this study. However, there were…
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