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 ...

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 ...

For a pill that is scarcely a centimetre wide, aspirin certainly makes a big impact. Last week, a British study urged everyone over the age of 50 to take one each day to protect against strokes and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Preeclampsia is a serious condition that can affect pregnant people and can lead to dangerous outcomes without treatment. Doctors commonly prescribe low dose aspirin as a preventive treatment.

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 ...

Women in middle-age having a history of preeclampsia have increased risk of stroke. Aspirin may reduce this risk, according to a new study led by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of ...