Role of Aspirin Downplayed for Preventing a First Heart Attack

Recent studies suggest the risks likely outweigh any benefits.

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"This information about the effects of aspirin in people without a history of heart attack, stroke or revascularization is very important, because the high rates of internal bleeding and mortality were not balanced by a reduction in major cardiovascular events," says Cleveland Clinic preventive cardiologist Leslie Cho, MD.
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