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Daily Aspirin: Who Should Take, Who Should Not
For others, the advice isn’t so straightforward. People under 60 may benefit from daily aspirin if they have a 10 percent or greater chance of having a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years, says Natasha Bhuyan, MD, a family physician in Phoenix. Factors that increase that risk include having high blood pressure or cholesterol levels, though controlling…
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Is Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, or Aspirin Best for Headaches?
Those over-the-counter medications are effective in treating occasional tension headaches, says Rima Dafer, MD, a stroke and headache specialist at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. But ibuprofen is considered more effective and safer than acetaminophen and aspirin, according to a meta-analysis published in the Annals of Medicine in May this year. Aspirin and acetaminophen seem to work the…
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