{"id":11513,"date":"2018-09-17T08:38:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T12:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11513"},"modified":"2018-09-17T08:38:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T12:38:26","slug":"study-a-daily-baby-aspirin-has-no-benefit-for-healthy-older-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11513","title":{"rendered":"Study: A Daily Baby Aspirin Has No Benefit For Healthy Older People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Rob Stein for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Many healthy<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Americans take a baby aspirin every day to reduce their risk of having a heart attack, getting cancer and even possibly dementia. But is it really a good idea?<\/p>\n<p>Results released Sunday from a major\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMoa1800722\">study<\/a>\u00a0of low-dose aspirin contain a disappointing answer for older, otherwise healthy people. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2018\/09\/16\/647415462\/study-a-daily-baby-aspirin-has-no-benefit-for-healthy-older-people?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=65964675&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--VsUanuMdtQZjRwtZAeBpG9wzbZMyNu3H6qKM7uzAAUrM2cvT5fP67MEPybFIdB3_VPtytpWZv-3c267x3bNIxj4YNdw&amp;_hsmi=65964675\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Rob Stein for NPR) Many healthy\u00a0Americans take a baby aspirin every day to reduce their risk of having a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11514,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11513\/revisions\/11514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}