17 Sep 2019

An aspirin a day could keep cardiovascular disease away

From Afternoons, 1:28 pm on 17 September 2019

Auckland University researchers have looked into whether the benefits taking aspirin outweighs any risks. The study looked at over 245 thousand people to come to their conclusions. The benefits of taking a daily dose of aspirin has been hotly debated internationally with many studies coming to conflicting conclusions. Vanessa Selak wrote the report which will be in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. She explains what they found in their study. 

Woman taking medication with a glass of water. (Photo by CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI/SCIENCE PHOT / CPD / Science Photo Library via AFP)

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