CONSENSUS AND GUIDELINES · July 22, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This review discusses the advantages and drawbacks of using aspirin in primary cardiovascular prevention.The authors favor the use of low-dose aspirin as a prevention treatment in patients at high cardiovascular risk and who do not have increased risk for bleeding. Expert Comment Primary Care Peter Lin […]
Medscape Medical News > Oncology Fran Lowry June 30, 2014 The longer a person takes low-dose aspirin, the lower the risk for pancreatic cancer, according to a study published online June 26 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. This finding adds to increasing evidence of the preventive properties of aspirin in pancreatic and other cancers, said senior author Harvey A. […]
Published: May 7, 2014 | Updated: May 7, 2014 By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today The FDA issued a message to consumers stating that the evidence does not support the “general” use of aspirin for the primary prevention of heart attacks and strokes. “In fact, there are serious risks associated with the use of […]
MedPageToday The FDA has denied a citizen’s petition from Bayer to add primary prevention of heart attacks and strokes to aspirin labeling. And then, the agency went directly to the public with a “consumer update” warning healthy people not to expect that daily aspirin will help them avoid cardiovascular events. FDA.gov On this page: Who Can Benefit? Caution […]
Research · April 14, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This study estimated the bleeding risk when the use of anticoagulant therapy (rivaroxaban or enoxaparin–vitamin K antagonist) was combined with either an NSAID or aspirin therapy in patients with VTE enrolled in clinical trials from 2007 to 2009. Clinically relevant bleeding was higher with combined use compared with anticoagulant use […]
Zosia Chustecka January 30, 2014 Full Story A retrospective analysis suggests a potential therapeutic role for aspirin in the management of acoustic neuromas, which arise in the internal auditory canal and account for about 8% of all intracranial tumors. These tumors, also known as sporadic vestibular schwannomas (sVS), are unlike most other solid tumors, in […]
Published: Oct 3, 2013 | Updated: Oct 3, 2013 By Charles Bankhead Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ECC/42035 Action Points Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. Aspirin’s survival benefit in colon cancer correlated with the drug’s […]
Aspirin No Help for Stroke Outcomes http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Strokes/37427 Published: Feb 19, 2013 By Chris Kaiser , Cardiology Editor, MedPage Today Low-dose aspirin might help ward off transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), but it didn’t reduce overall incidence of stroke or improve outcomes following a stroke, an analysis of the Women’s Health Study showed. There was no significant […]