The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology announced today (March 17, 2019) that the old tradition of taking low-dose aspirin daily is no longer recommended as a preventative for older adults who don't have a high risk of heart disease, according to the CNN website.
Doctors may consider aspirin for older high-risk patients -- such as those who have trouble lowering their cholesterol or managing their blood sugars -- as long as there is no increased risk for internal bleeding, the new guidelines say.
"Clinicians should be very selective in prescribing aspirin for people without known cardiovascular disease," John Hopkins cardiologist Dr. Roger Blumenthal, who co-chaired the new guidelines, said in a statement.
He added, "It's much more important to optimize lifestyle habits and control blood pressure and cholesterol as opposed to recommending aspirin."
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