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News: February 14, 2012
Aspirin, Warfarin Fare Equally for Heart Failure Patients
FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A major head-to-head trial finds that aspirin is equally as good as warfarin in preventing stroke and death in heart failure patients. The researchers said that, all things being equal, the findings raise questio...
Daily Aspirin May Help Prevent Colon Cancer for Those at High Risk
THURSDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Two aspirin a day may cut the risk of colon cancer by more than half in people who are predisposed to these types of tumors, new research suggests. And two tablets of 300 milligrams each also cut the risk of o...
No Proof That Aspirin Aids Conception, Review Shows
THURSDAY, Aug. 11 (HealthDay News) -- There's no strong evidence that taking aspirin while undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) improves a woman's chances of becoming pregnant, researchers say. Routine use of aspirin during IVF treatment is con...
Stopping Daily Aspirin Boosts Heart Attack Risk: Study
TUESDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) -- People with heart disease who stop taking their daily low-dose aspirin may put themselves at a greater risk of having a heart attack, a new study finds. Aspirin taken daily in a low dose (typically between 75 a...
New Blood Thinner Beats Plavix When Paired With Low-Dose Aspirin
MONDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Brilinta, an experimental anti-clotting medication currently awaiting U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval, performed better than the industry standard, Plavix, when used in tandem with low-dose aspirin, a...
Study Finds Aspirin Still Best at Preventing 2nd Stroke
WEDNESDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug that had shown promise in animal testing is not better than aspirin in preventing a second stoke in someone who's already had one, a new study has found. In fact, researchers stopped the study early...
Standard Heart Drugs Won't Ease Pulmonary Hypertension
WEDNESDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Although commonly used to treat heart disease, aspirin and simvastatin offer no benefit to patients suffering from pulmonary arterial hypertension, or PAH, a progressive disease characterized by increased bloo...
Aspirin's Clot-Prevention Ability Blunted by Dietary Fat: Study
SATURDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Aspirin's ability to prevent potentially deadly blood clots may be hindered by elevated levels of fatty acids in the bloodstream, a new study suggests. It's common for doctors to prescribe aspirin as a blood ...
Monthly Aspirin Use Linked to Lower Pancreatic Cancer Risk
MONDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) -- Taking aspirin even once per month, whether low-dose or full strength, appears to be associated with a marked drop in the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, new research reveals. Specifically, taking full-str...
Aspirin May Protect Against Colorectal Cancer -- But Only in Certain People
FRIDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Taking aspirin to protect against colorectal cancer may be effective, but mostly in people at increased risk for the disease due to elevated levels of an inflammatory biomarker in their blood, according to a ne...
Daily Aspirin Linked to Steep Drop in Cancer Risk
MONDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term use of a daily low-dose aspirin dramatically cuts the risk of dying from a wide array of cancers, a new investigation reveals. Specifically, a British research team unearthed evidence that a low-dose as...
Low-Dose Aspirin May Cut Chances of Colon Cancer
THURSDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- People who regularly take a low dose of aspirin may be reducing their risk of developing colon cancer by 24 percent, a new study finds. Moreover, for those who take low-dose aspirin (about 75 milligrams/day) b...
Aspirin, Statins May Reduce Problems After Heart Surgery
TUESDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who took aspirin before heart surgery suffered fewer heart attacks, stroke and other problems after their operations, and those given statins had better survival rates, two new studies find. In the asp...
Low-Dose Aspirin May Reduce Colon Cancer Risk
THURSDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Taking low-dose aspirin daily may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, new research finds. Prior research has shown higher doses of aspirin reduces the risk of colon cancer. But this study is among the first...
Aspirin May Increase Risk of Crohn's Disease
MONDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- A new British study finds that people who take aspirin every day have a higher risk of developing Crohn's disease, a potentially devastating digestive illness. But it's still not very likely that aspirin users wil...
Painkillers Lower Estrogen Levels, May Explain Cancer Reduction Risk
TUESDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- Postmenopausal women who regularly take aspirin or other painkillers have lower estrogen levels than nonusers, a new study shows, which might explain a decreased risk of breast or ovarian cancer among these wo...
Aspirin Alone Works Best to Prevent Clots a Year After Stenting
MONDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- After 12 months, giving aspirin alone to patients who have had stents implanted seems just as good as giving aspirin along with the blood thinner Plavix, a new study finds. Researchers discovered that, after an...
Aspirin During Pregnancy May Help Preemies
TUESDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The children of women who take low-dose aspirin during pregnancy because they are at high risk for delivering prematurely might have fewer behavioral problems at age 5, new research suggests. Obstetricians some...
Blood Thinner Combos Risky for Heart Attack Patients
FRIDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Heart attack patients face a higher risk of being admitted to the hospital for bleeding when they take more blood-thinning drugs, such as warfarin and aspirin, a new study has found. The findings, based on an an...
In Women, Aspirin Might Ward Off Eye Trouble
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Women who take low-dose aspirin to protect their heart might be helping their eyes as well. A new study by Harvard University researchers found what they described as a modest benefit for aspirin in preventing...
Aspirin May Stem Deaths From Colorectal Cancer
TUESDAY, Aug. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Taking aspirin might not only reduce the risk of getting colorectal cancer, but it also might lower the odds of dying if you have it, new research suggests. People with colorectal cancer who took aspirin regula...
Drug Limits Stomach Trouble in Patients Taking Low-Dose Aspirin
MONDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- The drug famotidine prevents stomach and upper-intestinal ulcers in people taking low-dose aspirin, often to reduce the risk of heart attack, a new British study finds. The phase III trial included 404 patients t...
Value of Taking Aspirin to Cut Heart Risk Varies
FRIDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) --Taking aspirin reduces heart attack risk in people with no previous history of vascular disease but increases the risk of internal bleeding, say British researchers who analyzed the results of 22 clinical trials. ...
Chewable Aspirin More Readily Absorbed
FRIDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Chewable aspirin is more readily absorbed into the bloodstream, making it the best aspirin choice for people suffering a cardiac incident, University of California, San Diego researchers report. Volunteers who co...
Aspirin Lowers Stroke Risk in Peripheral Artery Disease
TUESDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- There haven't been enough studies to tell whether aspirin reduces the risk of heart attack and death for people with the blocked leg blood vessel condition called peripheral arterial disease, but it does cut the...
Aspirin Linked to Brain Microbleeds
MONDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) -- A Dutch study finds an increased incidence of tiny bleeding episodes in the brains of people who regularly take aspirin. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations of 1,062 people found a 70 percent higher i...
Plavix Plus Aspirin Lowers Stroke Risk
TUESDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) -- Combining the clot-preventing drug Plavix with aspirin is an effective substitute treatment for people at high risk of stroke and heart attack because of the abnormal heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation bu...
Experts Revise Guidelines on Daily Aspirin for Heart
MONDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Amid the continuing debate over who should pop an aspirin each day to fight heart disease, and at what dose, U.S. experts have revised guidelines stating that lower doses appear to be at least as effective as h...
Long-Term Aspirin Use Seems to Protect Against Colorectal Lesions
TUESDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Prolonged use of low-dose aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) appears to reduce the risk of precancerous lesions that can lead to colorectal cancer. That's the conclusion of a new stu...
Human Body May Make Its Own 'Aspirin'
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Salicylic acid, the key component that gives aspirin its anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties, may be something humans can produce on their own, a new study suggests. Salicylic acid (SA) previously...
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