People who used aspirin 1-3 times per month were 16% less likely to die during an average follow-up of 12.5 years compared to people who used no aspirin according to a study from the US National Cancer Institute looking at data on 146,152 people with an average age of 66 years.

People who used aspirin 3 or more times per week were 19% less likely to die.

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Aspirin use lowers the risk of a cardiovascular event—heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular death—by 11% and increases the risk of a major bleed by 43% according to a new meta analysis in JAMA that analyzed 13 aspirin trials randomizing 164, 225 participants.

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Daily aspirin prevents heart attacks, yet it does NOT reduce mortality in men, and typical doses of aspirin INCREASE mortality in women according to Joel M. Kauffman, PhD, the author of Malignant Medical Myths: Why Medical Treatment Causes 200,000 Deaths in the USA each Year, and How to Protect Yourself. Read the entire article | Email this article