The latest studies are some of the largest and longest to test this pennies-a-day blood thinner, low dose aspirin, in people who don't yet have heart disease or a blood vessel-related problem.
Aspirin did not help prevent first strokes or heart attacks in people at moderate risk for one because they had several health threats such as smoking, high blood pressure or high cholesterol.
Another tested aspirin in people with diabetes, likely to develop or die from heart problems, and found that the modest benefit it gave was offset by a greater risk of serious bleeding.
"If you're healthy, it's probably not worth taking it."
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