For decades, aspirin has been known as a go-to painkiller. New research reveals how it may also help fight cancer. While previous research hinted at a link between aspirin use and improved cancer ...

Aspirin's anti-clotting effect may help prevent cancer cells from metastasizing. By reducing the clotting factor thromboxane A2 (TXA2), aspirin stops the production of a protein called ARHGEF1.

Every day, around 29 million people in the U.S. take a low dose of aspirin as a blood thinner to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attacks and strokes. Aspirin prevents blood ...

Scientists have discovered how aspirin may stop some cancers from spreading, describing it as a "Eureka moment". The new research builds on existing evidence suggesting aspirin supports a boost in ...

One of the oldest drugs in the world may still have new tricks up its sleeve. In research out today, scientists have found evidence in mice that aspirin can potentially prevent cancer from ...

Previously, due to the blood-thinning properties of aspirin, doctors started recommending small daily dose of around 80 milligrams to healthy, elderly patients to reduce their risk of heart attack ...

Aspirin is a blood thinner. Depending on your health condition, that can be beneficial or dangerous. Here's what medical experts recommend.

Nearly one in three Americans over the age of 60 — roughly 19 million people — take aspirin daily, according to a 2021 study. What does it do?

Among patients with PIK3CA -mutated colorectal cancer, three-year aspirin use reduced the risk for recurrence by 50%, compared with placebo, according to three-year results from the ALASCCA trial, ...

For decades, taking low-dose aspirin (81 mg) every day was widely recommended as an easy way to prevent heart attacks and strokes. But that changed when growing evidence led the American Heart ...

A bezoar can form from a clump of dietary fiber (a phytobezoar) or from a glob of pharmaceutical products, like an extended-release capsule, enteric-coated aspirin, or iron (a pharmacobezoar).

In the emergency department, the patient described the pain as sharp and rated it at 8 on a scale of 0 to 10 (with 10 indicating the most severe pain). The pain was worst in the epigastrium and in ...