Skip to content

We ask you, humbly: don't scroll away.

Hi readers, it seems you use Catholic Online a lot; that's great! It's a little awkward to ask, but we need your help. If you have already donated, we sincerely thank you. We're not salespeople, but we depend on donations averaging $14.76 and fewer than 1% of readers give. If you donate just $5.00, the price of your coffee, Catholic Online School could keep thriving. Thank you.

Help Now >

Do you take aspirin everyday? Uh-oh, you'd better read this!

Free World Class Education
FREE Catholic Classes
A study suggests that an aspirin a day could be risky.

Does an aspirin a day keep women\'s heart attacks away, or does it merely bring along more risking medical problems? According to Healthday News, researchers found that, in women younger than 65, taking a low dosage of aspirin over years did reduce the risks of heart attacks, colon cancer and strokes. However, that benefit was small and became almost irrelevant compared to aspirin-induced medical complications, such as gastrointestinal bleeding.

Highlights

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
12/8/2014 (9 years ago)

Published in Home & Food

Keywords: aspirin, woman, women, benefit, risk, heart attack, cancer, FDA

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - "There's no question that aspirin can be a lifesaver for people who've already had a heart attack," expressed Dr. John Erwin, a cardiologist at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas in an article for Healthday News.

Things aren't so clear when it comes to primary prevention, preventing first-time heart attacks. "It's been a huge conundrum for us over the years," said Erwin. "When it comes to primary prevention, there are relatively few patients who will get a big benefit. And there's always the risk of harm."

Help others lead healthy lives.

A daily aspirin can aid in preventing a repeat heart attack. But for those taking it to prevent primary heart attacks, it remains unclear whether that benefit will outweigh the risks of aspirin, including ulcers, stomach bleeding or bleeding of the brain.

A recent study published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration involving about 28,000 healthy women, averaging 55-years-old, brought to light the expenses that come along with taking an aspirin a day. Only 11 percent of the women developed cancer, or suffered a heart attack or stroke.

However, one in 133 women suffered major gastrointestinal bleeding, and one out of 29 women endured stomach ulcers.

More times than not, the risks involved with taking a low-dose aspirin a day, for women under 65, outweigh the benefits it may provide.

"What it comes down to," Erwin urged, "is that people need to have a careful discussion of the potential benefits and risks with a doctor they trust."   

---


'Help Give every Student and Teacher FREE resources for a world-class Moral Catholic Education'


Copyright 2021 - Distributed by Catholic Online

We ask you, humbly: don't scroll away.

Hi readers, it seems you use Catholic Online a lot; that's great! It's a little awkward to ask, but we need your help. If you have already donated, we sincerely thank you. We're not salespeople, but we depend on donations averaging $14.76 and fewer than 1% of readers give. If you donate just $5.00, the price of your coffee, Catholic Online School could keep thriving. Thank you.

Help Now >

Join the Movement
When you sign up below, you don't just join an email list - you're joining an entire movement for Free world class Catholic education.

Lent logo
Saint of the Day logo

Catholic Online Logo

Copyright 2024 Catholic Online. All materials contained on this site, whether written, audible or visual are the exclusive property of Catholic Online and are protected under U.S. and International copyright laws, © Copyright 2024 Catholic Online. Any unauthorized use, without prior written consent of Catholic Online is strictly forbidden and prohibited.

Catholic Online is a Project of Your Catholic Voice Foundation, a Not-for-Profit Corporation. Your Catholic Voice Foundation has been granted a recognition of tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Federal Tax Identification Number: 81-0596847. Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law.