Benefits Of Aspirin May Outweigh Harms Of Bleeding In Select Group Of Patients, Researchers Say

reports the authors of a 245,000-adult study have “concluded that the benefits of aspirin outweigh the harms of bleeding, if you compared the risk of death from one bleeding event compared to the risk of hospitalization or death from a cardiac event.” CNN adds that the study authors “don’t make an argument to change the current guidelines, which were created for the United States by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association.” https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/16/health/aspirin-heart-health-study/index.html