Aspirin in Medical News

Value of Taking Aspirin to Cut Heart Risk Varies

For those with no history of heart disease, risks may outweigh benefits, research suggests 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 researc...

Chewable Aspirin More Readily Absorbed

Study suggests higher levels found in bloodstream could improve heart attack treatments 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 Californi...

Study compares formulations of 3 aspirin types

For many years, it has been known that aspirin is beneficial to patients suffering heart attacks and near-heart attacks. But which of the many different types of aspirin is likely to help the most? A group of researchers led by Dr. Sean Nordt from the University of California, San Diego gave th...

Study compares formulations of three aspirin types

For many years, it has been known that aspirin is beneficial to patients suffering heart attacks and near-heart attacks. But which of the many different types of aspirin is likely to help the most? A group of researchers led by Dr. Sean Nordt from the University of California, San Diego gave th...

Plavix Plus Aspirin Lowers Stroke Risk

Clot-busting combo can boost outcomes for patients with atrial fibrillation, study finds 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 a...

New Aspirin Test Now Available in Wichita Area

AspirinWorks(R) Test through AMS Laboratories tells doctors, patients if aspirin therapy is working to prevent heart attack and stroke DENVER, March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A simple test is now available in the Wichita, Kan., area that determines if the aspirin you are taking to prevent ...

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Encourages Broader Aspirin Use to Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke

- Bayer Applauds USPSTF for Providing More Specific Guidance to Maximize Appropriate Aspirin Use - MORRISTOWN, N.J., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) today strongly recommends that patients and clinicians consider the use of aspirin for preventing firs...

Experts Revise Guidelines on Daily Aspirin for Heart

Lower dose appears safe and effective against heart attack in men, stroke in women 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 d...

Why does aspirin increase the susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori to antimicrobials?

Resent studies reported that aspirin inhibited the growth of H. pylori in a dose-dependent manner and significantly affected the activity of virulence factors of H. pylori . In addition, aspirin increased the susceptibility of H. pylori to antimicrlbials including metronidazole, clarithromyci...

What is the most effective therapy for low-dose aspirin induced peptic ulcer?

The incidence of low-dose aspirin-induced peptic ulcer seems to be increasing in Japan in conjunction with the increasing proportion of elderly individuals, in whom metabolic syndrome frequently develops. However, a therapeutic and prevention strategy for such peptic ulcers has not yet been establ...

Long-Term Aspirin Use Seems to Protect Against Colorectal Lesions

The benefit lasts even if you stop taking the drug, study finds 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...

Men who take aspirin have significantly lower PSA levels

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The use of aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is significantly associated with lower PSA levels, especially among men with prostate cancer, say researchers at Vanderbilt University. This large analysis known as the Nashville Men's Health Study in...

Type 2 Diabetics Studied in Low-Dose Aspirin Trial

Study highlights: - In a large primary prevention trial on low-dose aspirin in diabetics, Japanese investigators report that daily aspirin did not have a significant benefit in preventing the primary endpoints of all atherosclerotic events, although it did protect against fatal heart attack ...

Low-dose aspirin does not appear to reduce risk of CV events in patients with diabetes

Low-dose aspirin as primary prevention did not appear to significantly reduce the risk of a combined end point of coronary, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study in JAMA . However, aspirin did significantly reduce the combination...

Bayer Marketing Two Unapproved Aspirin Products: FDA

Warning letters issued for Bayer Heart Advantage, Bayer Women's Low Dose Aspirin + Calcium TUESDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Drug giant Bayer HealthCare is illegally marketing two unapproved over-the-counter aspirin medications, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in warning...

New CHARISMA Outcome Study Results Validate Aspirin Effect

Corgenix Medical's AspirinWorks(R) Test could change how millions worldwide are tested for aspirin effect and treated for heart disease DENVER, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Corgenix Medical Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CONX) announces that new CHARISMA trial findings published in C...

Breakthrough Testing for Patients on Aspirin Therapy for Preventing Heart Attacks

A new test has been developed to measure the effectiveness of Aspirin Therapy, based on research showing that up to 25% of patients are not experiencing the benefits of taking aspirin on a daily basis. The Aspirin Response Test gives the physician an opportunity to alter treatment methods for th...

Statement From Bayer(R) Aspirin Regarding the American Medical Association's New Aspirin Policy Resolution

MORRISTOWN, N.J., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- New health policies released yesterday by the American Medical Association (AMA) include a resolution to increase physician education about the importance of counseling patients on the appropriate use of aspirin to prevent heart disease and stroke. Not...

Anti-Clotting Drug as Good as Aspirin at Stopping Second Stroke

Cilostazol also resulted in fewer brain bleeds than aspirin, study finds MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- The anti-clotting drug cilostazol is as good as aspirin at preventing recurrent stroke and it causes less bleeding in the brain, a study by researchers at Peking University First ...

Daily Aspirin May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

But findings are too preliminary for any firm recommendation, researchers say THURSDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) -- Women who take an aspirin each day may reduce their risk of developing the most common type of breast cancer by 16 percent, according to the results of a large study. Es...

Daily aspirin may reduce risk of common type of breast cancer

Taking aspirin on a daily basis may lower womens risk of a particular type of breast cancer, according to results published in BioMed Centrals open access journal Breast Cancer Research. In this large study, aspirin use was linked to a small reduction in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers. ...

Will 'botox' be the aspirin of the 21st century?

Oxford, UK 25 March 2008 The journal Medical Hypotheses ( http://www.elsevier.com/locate/mehy ), an Elsevier publication, has announced the winner of the 2007 David Horrobin Prize for medical theory. Written by Erle CH Lim and Raymond CS Seet of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National Univ...

Drugs like aspirin could reduce breast cancer and help existing sufferers

Anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin may reduce breast cancer by up to 20 per cent, according to an extensive review carried out by experts at Londons Guys Hospital and published in the March issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. But they stress that further research is...

Women are treated less frequently than men with statins, aspirin and beta-blockers

CHICAGO Women and men experience a similar prevalence of adverse drug reactions in the treatment of coronary artery disease; however, women are significantly less likely than their male counterparts to be treated with statins, aspirin, and beta-blockers according to a new study by researchers at ...

Regular, long-term aspirin use reduces risk of colorectal cancer

Bethesda, MD (Jan. 18, 2008) The use of regular, long-term aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) reduces the risk associated with colorectal cancer, according to a study published in Gastroenterology , the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA...

New, No-Swallow Fasprin(R) Reduces Problems Associated with Daily Aspirin Regimen

Fast-dissolve method uses the latest advancement in aspirin delivery technology. CLEVELAND, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Improvita Health Products, Inc. has rolled out Fasprin(R), a patented, 81 milligram aspirin tablet that dissolves rapidly in the mouth instead of i...

AUDIO from Medialink and Bayer: Lifesaving Benefits of Low-Dose Aspirin Therapy Maintained with Naproxen Sodium

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Many Americans are currently on a low- dose aspirin therapy for its heart health benefits. But they still feel aches and pains like the rest of us, and that therapy can affect which pain relievers they can use. Listen to this report from Bayer at: http://medi...

AUDIO from Medialink and Bayer: Is Your Pain Reliever Undermining Your Aspirin Therapy?

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- For millions of Americans the benefits of aspirin go beyond simple pain relief. Taken regularly, an 81-milligram or "low dose" aspirin can help prevent one out of three heart attacks. But new survey results show many people on aspirin therapy who take other pai...

Discovery Health CME Explores the Benefits and Risks of Aspirin in Aspirin Therapy: Maximizing the Benefits

- Renowned physicians provide viewers with important information on the use of aspirin in the prevention of initial and subsequent heart attacks and strokes - SILVER SPRING, Md., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Discovery Health CME presents an expert discussion on aspiri...

Drug Limits Stomach Trouble in Patients Taking Low-Dose Aspirin

Study found famotidine effective at curtailing ulcers 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 inclu...

Many stroke, heart attack patients may not benefit from aspirin

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Up to 20 percent of patients taking aspirin to lower the risk of suffering a second cerebrovascular event do not have an antiplatelet response from aspirin, the effect thought to produce the protective effect, researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown. Millions of p...

Baby Aspirin Better for Your Health, University of Kentucky Study Says

Nearly a quarter of a million Americans each year may be hospitalized with bleeding complications caused by needlessly taking a daily dose of an adult-sized aspirin rather than a baby aspirin to prevent a heart attack or stroke. A study by a group of UK HealthCare Linda and Jack Gill Heart...

Pregnancy Becomes Safe for Some Women Who Take Low-dose of Aspirin Daily

A review has suggested that women who take a low-dose tablet of aspirin daily to prevent blood clotting, have a reduced risk of pregnancy complications such as pre-eclampsia. The review, of 31 studies involving more than 32,000 women, found that taking aspirin had a 10 percent reduced rate...

Research Favors Aspirin In Prevention Of Pre-Eclampsia

Scientists from Australia and UK writing in the Lancet, say that taking aspirin during pregnancy can help cut down the risks of mothers-to-be developing pre-eclampsia. Scientists who analyzed the results of 31 trials involving more than 32,000 women found evidence pointing to the protective e...

Low Dose Aspirin Does Not Protect Women Against Cognitive Decline

Taking low dose aspirin does not protect older women against cognitive decline, finds a large study// published on bmj.com today. Identifying ways to prevent dementia is a public health priority. Evidence suggests that aspirin and other anti-inflammatory drugs may protect against dementia, bu...

Study Finds the Effect of Alcohol and Aspirin in TBI Patients

An estimated 1.5 million people in the United States incur a traumatic brain injury (TBI) every year and 60,000 people die annually from these injuries//. TBI is the ultimate cause of death in 40 percent of all fatal trauma cases. TBI may result from a direct blow to the brain or from the secondary...

Benefits of Aspirin in Cancer Prevention

In a new study, researchers found that the drug Aspirin helps in preventing cancer and may also increase the survival rates of people suffering this disease//. The research findings were made available at the gathering of the American Association for Cancer Research. The study found that the w...

Low-dose Aspirin Beats High-dose After Cardiac Surgery

The use of medicines to fight cardiovascular disease has been a primary focus of research in this area for the past several decades,// as combinations of interventions and medicinal therapy have gradually begun to increase long-term survival rates. Two studies has looked at the measurable im...

Study to Look at Aspirin as Aid to Conception, Healthy Pregnancy

Researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of Utah are beginning a clinical trial to test whether aspirin can improve a woman's chances of becoming pregnant and of maintaining a pregnancy to term. // UB's portion of the study is funded by a $2.8 million grant from the National...

An Aspirin a Day Keeps Heart Disease Away

According to new guidelines released by the American Heart Association, almost all women are at risk of heart disease and doctors should consider prescribing// a daily aspirin for them. In the United States 42.1 million or just over one-third of all women have heart disease and it is the larg...