For decades, many older adults popped a baby aspirin daily in an effort to lower their risk of heart attack and heart disease in general. The idea was that baby aspirin makes blood platelets less sticky and would, in theory, stop blockages in the arteries that can lead to heart attack or stroke, explains Kevin Shah, MD, cardiologist and program director of Heart Failure Outreach at MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Medical Center in Long Beach, California.
But more recent scientific data suggests that this actually isn’t the best way to go for everyone. With that, some people have stopped this common practice—make that a lot of people.
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