Pre-eclampsia, a condition that causes dangerously high blood pressure, is a leading cause of death among mothers and babies.

Low-dose aspirin for primary prevention of CV events may benefit older adults with elevated lipoprotein(a)-associated genotypes, according to a new analysis of the ASPREE trial. In the ASPREE trial, a ...

(Reuters Health) - Stopping low-dose aspirin therapy without good reason raises the likelihood of heart attack or stroke by nearly 40 percent, a large Swedish study suggests. Doctors commonly ...

India faces a rapidly escalating triple syndemic of obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D), and atherogenic dyslipidemia, conditions ...

Aspirin, one of the world's oldest and cheapest drugs, has shown remarkable promise in treating colon cancer in people with mutations in a gene that's thought to play a role in the disease. Among ...

For years, we have heard about the health benefits of taking low doses of aspirin – preventing everything from Alzheimer's disease to heart attacks and stroke. The news about aspirin just keeps ...

For some high-risk cardiovascular patients with stents, the often-recommended practice of prolonged taking of aspirin might be ineffective, and in some cases, even harmful, a new study found. The ...

Question: I gave my 14-year-old granddaughter Pepto-Bismol for an upset stomach the other day. Her parents were very angry with me and warned me that I could have caused liver damage. Is this true?

For decades, Americans have been advised by doctors that taking a daily low-dose of aspirin can help prevent heart attacks and strokes--but a draft recommendation from an expert panel released Tuesday ...

Editor's note: This column is written by Dr. David L. Fischman, professor of medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, and Dr. Michael P. Savage, the Ralph J.