Aspirin may increase stroke risk

A new study has shown that elderly people who take aspirin daily to reduce the chance of stroke may actually be increasing their risk. The study shows that the proportion of stroke patients on antithrombotic drugs has risen from 4% to 40% in two decades. People with cardiovascular disease often take aspirin by prescription in order to prevent heart attack or stroke. Many healthy older people also take aspirin daily as a lifestyle choice in order to ward off stroke. The study shows that this probably does more harm than good.

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