Advice shifting on aspirin use for preventing heart attacks sunjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Draft guidance from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says older adults without heart disease shouldn't take daily aspirin to prevent a 1st heart attack.
If finalized, the advice for older adults would backtrack on recommendations the panel issued in 2016, but it would be in line with more recent guidelines from other medical groups.
A U.S. task force issued new draft guidance saying adults over aged 60 who are at increased risk of a heart attack or stroke but have not suffered either should not take baby aspirin.
Draft guidance from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says older adults without heart disease shouldn't take daily aspirin to prevent a 1st heart attack.