The Claim
Daily low-dose aspirin in healthy adults aged 70 and older increases the risk of major hemorrhage without reducing cardiovascular events, and this bleeding risk persists linearly over time without waning.
What the research says
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Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
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For healthy seniors over 70, taking a daily aspirin raises the risk of dangerous bleeding and doesn’t prevent heart attacks or strokes — and the bleeding risk keeps getting worse the longer they take it.
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Daily low-dose aspirin in healthy adults aged 70 and older increases the risk of major hemorrhage without reducing cardiovascular events, and this bleeding risk persists linearly over time without waning.
What the research says
3 studiesStudy: Clonal Hematopoiesis and Cardiovascular Disease and Bleeding Risk and the Effectiveness of Aspirin.
This study found that taking a daily low-dose aspirin after age 70 doesn’t help prevent heart problems but does increase the chance of dangerous bleeding, and that risk doesn’t go away over time.
This study found that for healthy older adults, taking a daily aspirin doesn't help prevent heart problems but does increase the chance of dangerous bleeding, and that bleeding risk doesn't go away over time.
Study: Daily aspirin for primary prevention increased risk for major GI bleeding in healthy older adults
In older adults, taking a daily aspirin to stay healthy didn’t prevent heart problems but did make serious bleeding in the stomach more likely—and that risk didn’t go down over time.
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