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Preventive aspirin use in older US adults with, without diabetes

2021-06-21
(Press-News.org) What The Study Did: In the context of recently revised guidelines that discourage routine use of aspirin in adults 70 years and older, these findings suggest that older adults may have potential overuse of aspirin therapy if it is not actively discontinued, especially among those with diabetes.

Authors: Rita R. Kalyani, M.D., of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.12210)

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