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Daily aspirin unlikely to help healthy older people live longer, study finds
Researchers say drug has little benefit when taken by healthy people aged over 70Millions of healthy people who take aspirin to ward off illness in old age are unlikely to benefit from the drug, a trial has found.While a daily dose of the blood-thinning medicine can protect older people who have previously experienced heart attacks, strokes and angina, researchers found the drug did not extend the lifespan of healthy people over the age of 70.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 16, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Aspirin Health Science Heart disease Heart attack Stroke Older people World news Source Type: news

Risk of bleeds and death with daily aspirin use higher than thought
Research suggests 3,000 people die a year in UK from long-term use of aspirin or similar drugs, but also taking heartburn medication could help reduce riskThe risk of long-term aspirin use causing major bleeding and death is higher than previously thought, with over-75s particularly vulnerable, a study suggests.Around 40% of adults aged 75 or over in the UK take a daily aspirin and lifelong treatment is recommended for patients who have previously had a heart attack or stroke.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 14, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Haroon Siddique Tags: Aspirin Health Society Science Medical research Source Type: news

Taking aspirin quickly after minor stroke 'can cut risk of recurrence'
Urgent treatment with blood-thinning drug greatly reduces risk of subsequent fatal or disabling stroke, research findsDeath and disability can be averted by quickly taking aspirin after a minor stroke, a study has found. The blood-thinning drug is already given to people who have suffered a transient ischaemic attack (TIA), or “mini-stroke”, after they have been assessed in hospital. Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 19, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Press Association Tags: Medical research Aspirin UK news Science Health Source Type: news

Heparin, grad students, a clinical revolution and giving credit where it's due
The story of a grad student who overcame remarkable odds only to be denied his moment of glory, or a tale of dark deceit and devilish doings? The story of heparin is as complicated as the chemistry itselfBlood is remarkable.A liquid that carries nutrients, waste products and the ever-vigilant cells of the immune system around the body, blood rapidly turns into a solid when it leaves its veins and arteries and becomes exposed to bodily tissues or the air outside. This process of solidification – clotting, or coagulation – is executed and controlled by a complex set of reactions and interactions primarily involving the e...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 4, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Richard P Grant Tags: theguardian.com Blogposts Science Source Type: news

Humble Aspirin could cut risk of heart attack - from Guardian archive, 28 Jan 1988
Twenty-five years ago, a study claimed that heart problems could be avoided by taking tablets designed for mild pain reliefMen with outwardly healthy hearts can cut the future risk of heart attacks by 47 per cent if they take an aspirin every two days, a United States study claims today.Advance word of its publication in the New England Journal of Medicine brought warnings from specialists about the danger to stomach linings of a rush to the aspirin bottle by either sex.Work in Europe and the US over the past two years has commended aspirin as an anti-blood clotting agent for heart and stroke sufferers. Advice on dosage we...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 28, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Heart attack Pharmaceuticals industry Health guardian.co.uk Medical research Aspirin Editorial From the Guardian Source Type: news