In other words, 81 milligrams a day gives as much benefit as higher doses with potentially less risk of bleeding.

In both men and women, there was an approximately 70 percent increase in the risk of bleeding associated with the taking of aspirin. And it is known that the bleeding risk associated with aspirin is dose-related.

Our study found that aspirin treatment was associated with a 24 percent reduction in the risk of the most common type of stroke in women and a 32 percent reduction in heart attacks in men.

The specific types of benefits differ in important ways … in women, by reducing the risk of ischemic stroke, and in men, by reducing the risk of heart attack.

The specific types of benefits differ in important ways & in women, by reducing the risk of ischemic stroke, and in men, by reducing the risk of heart attack.

We found that for every additional serving per day of soft drink consumed, the risk of becoming obese increased by about 50 percent.