“The old doctors will eventually die off and the ones who accept the results of research will take over.”
The problem is that much of the research is shoddy and thus changes from year to year. FWIW, I read that those who have had heart problems are still helped by aspirin, but ON AVERAGE, those who haven’t had any heart problems don’t need it.
The Japanese Primary Prevention Project proved and published (online November 17, 2014) that "there is no cardiovascular or stroke benefit from a daily dose of aspirin."
This study included the low-dose aspirin designed specifically for heart patients.
The FDA concluded over 5 years ago, that "after a review of the all the literature, the evidence does not support the use of aspirin."
One may say, OK, but hey, aspirin is cheap! Why not take it just in case??
Here's why:
Aspirin can cause hemorrhage, bleeding in the gut, macular degeneration, hearing loss, tinnitus, ulcer, brain bleed, stroke, etc.
5 years after the FDA concluded there is not benefit from aspirin, the American Academy of Cardiology and the American Heart Association issued new heart guidelines.
They hedge their bets by saying...
And...
"Aspirin should be used infrequently in the routine primary prevention of ASCVD (atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk) because of lack of net benefit."
So that is a summary of what I know.
The FDA, the Japanese research, the American Academy of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association have all walked back claims of benefit from aspirin.
Good luck to all.
I decided to take pycnogenol instead, which keeps platelets slippery and tumeric to reduce inflammation. Neither of which has a downside, like brain bleeding or but bleeding or blindness.
To each their own.
Actually, my doctors are in their late 30’s to mid 40’s.
We really don’t want new docs, who have not had at least 10 years of real practice not just school, internship, residency and more educational than real practice on a daily basis for a few years.