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What does the aspirin news mean for you?

By Michael Gollust

Medically reviewed in December 2021

A U.S. health guidelines panel recently issued new preliminary recommendations advising people 60 and older not to begin taking aspirin as prevention against a first stroke or heart attack. Here’s what this news means for you.

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