http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—An aspirin a day may not always keep heart disease away, say two University of Florida cardiologists. But a new algorithm they have developed outlines factors physicians should weigh as they assess whether a patient would benefit from a daily dose of the drug. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-aspirin-treatment-individuals.html Medications Thu, 16 May 2013 07:28:12 EST news287908066 Adding a second drug to aspirin therapy reduced the risk of a second stroke in the weeks after Chinese patients had a minor ischemic (due to a clot) stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA), according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-adding-clopidogrel-aspirin-therapy.html Cardiology Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:20:02 EST news279786934 (HealthDay)—Patients with cardiovascular disease who discontinue low-dose aspirin therapy after peptic ulcer bleeding have a seven-fold higher risk of death or acute cardiovascular event, according to research published in the January issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-aspirin-therapy-gi-ups-cardiovascular.html Cardiology Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:30:01 EST news279204337 Regular aspirin use appears to be associated with an increased risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is a leading cause of blindness in older people, and it appears to be independent of a history of cardiovascular disease and smoking, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-link-regular-aspirin-age-related-macular.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:00:04 EST news277986923 (HealthDay)—In patients with acute ischemic stroke, aspirin resistance is associated with increased stroke severity and infarct size, according to research published online Nov. 19 in the Archives of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-aspirin-resistance-ups-severity-acute.html Cardiology Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:10:01 EST news272728841 The cause of heart attacks or strokes among some patients treated with anti-platelet drugs may be different than for patients who have undergone surgical procedures to restore blood flow, according to researchers at Duke Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-heart-patients-differently-anti-platelet-drugs.html Cardiology Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:03:07 EST news271342977 Aspirin taken for five days before a heart operation can halve the numbers of patients developing post-operative acute kidney failure, according to research presented at the European Anaesthesiology Congress in Paris today (Sunday). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-aspirin-heart-surgery-post-operative-acute.html Cardiology Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:22:53 EST news258549746 Adding vorapaxar, an investigational platelet blocker, to standard antiplatelet therapy significantly reduces the risk of recurrent cardiovascular events in patients with known atherosclerosis, a hardening and narrowing of the arteries, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scientific Session. The Scientific Session, the premier cardiovascular medical meeting, brings cardiovascular professionals together to further advances in the field. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-class-platelet-blockers-effective-phase.html Cardiology Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:24:14 EST news251972625 Aspirin taken within five days of cardiac surgery is associated with a significant decrease in the risk of major postoperative complications, including renal failure, a lengthy intensive care unit stay and even early death (30-day mortality), according to a study by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University and UC Davis Medical Center set to appear in the journal Annals of Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-preoperative-aspirin-therapy-benefit-cardiac.html Surgery Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:46:40 EST news242315182 (Medical Xpress) -- A new study published in the British Medical Journal suggests that people who have been diagnosed with heart disease and placed on a daily aspirin dose are at an increased risk of a heart attack if they stop taking the aspirin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-daily-aspirin-routine-heart.html Cardiology Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:39:19 EST news230485149