A new survey found that about half of American adults are not aware that the decades-old consensus about taking one low-dose milligram aspirin per day has changed.
For years, health officials and medical groups have recommended that older Americans take one aspirin, a blood thinner, daily to stave off cardiovascular disease or stroke. But in 2019, the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology announced new guidelines about low-dose aspirin usage that reversed the prior guidelines, noting that taking one aspirin per day can lead to increased risks of gastrointestinal bleeding.
About five years later, a survey, released on Feb. 3 by the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center, found that about 48 percent of U.S. adults believe that for most people, the benefits of taking one low-dose aspirin each day to reduce the chance of stroke or heart attack outweighs the risk. The survey interviewed more than 1,700 people….