Following updated recommendations, there was a significant decrease in reported primary prevention aspirin use from 23.5% in 2017-2020 to 17.2% in 2021-2023. (HealthDay News) — Among older adults and ...

22.7 percent of primary prevention aspirin users started aspirin without a physician's recommendation. (HealthDay News) — Almost 15 percent of U.S. adults aged 50 to 80 years are taking aspirin for ...

A prospective study of first-degree relatives of patients with MS found that this high-risk population faces significantly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new guideline on prevention of a first stroke calls for more screening of risk factors in primary care ...

Recommendations include screening for and addressing adverse social determinants of health. HealthDay News — In a clinical guideline issued by the American Heart Association and American Stroke ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Up to 15% of older adults may routinely use aspirin for primary prevention. Many continue use despite knowing ...

The number of patients taking statins for primary prevention has increased in the United States over the past two decades, but the percentage of eligible patients on treatment has appeared to plateau ...

NEW ORLEANS -- People with diabetes may be among those who still benefit from primary prevention aspirin, a large observational study suggested. In contrast with the unimpressive track record of ...

Adding high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays on top of conventional risk-prediction methods can potentially improve primary prevention efforts, according to a new meta-analysis. While best known ...