Metaanalysis Raises More Questions About Routine Use of Aspirin for Primary Prevention

Although aspirin can reduce the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events, the associated increase in bleeding suggests that it should not be used routinely in  people without prior CV disease, say the authors of a new meta-analysis published in Archives of Internal Medicine. Sreenivasa Rao Kondapally Seshasai and colleagues combined data from 9 clinical studies including…

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