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Article: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Encourages Broader Aspirin Use to Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke.
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- April 5, 2009
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) today strongly recommends that patients and clinicians consider the use of aspirin for preventing first heart attack and stroke, while considering benefits and risks. These recommendations, published in today's issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, build on the Task Force's 2002 recommendations that stressed the importance of aspirin counseling. The new recommendations provide more specific guidance on aspirin use, providing clarity on maximizing benefits and minimizing risk (see also Heart Attack).
The USPSTF granted its highest level of evidence rating encouraging the use of low-dose aspirin in men over 45 ...