Aspirin Could Cause More Harm Than Good

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HEALTHY people taking aspirin to prevent heart attacks could be doing themselves more harm than good, experts have concluded.

Millions of Britons are believed to be taking a daily dose of the drug in the hope it acts as an insurance against heart trouble. But its routine use for the prevention of vascular problems "cannot be supported", professors from Aspirin for Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis (AAA) say.

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Aspirin Could Cause More Harm Than Good

Prof Peter Weissberg, of the British Heart Foundation, which part- funded the research, said: "We know that p...

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