News, Daily aspirin may do more harm than good: study. (bleeding, doctor)
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LONDON (AFP) – Healthy people taking a daily dose of aspirin to prevent heart attacks may be doing themselves more harm than good, according to a new study by British scientists.
Researchers found that the risks of bleeding from taking aspirin were such that its routine use in healthy people "cannot be supported" -- although they did not dispute its use in patients with a history of vascular problems.
Daily aspirin may do more harm than good: study - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090831/lf_afp/healthresearchheartbritain - broken link)
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