Over a median of 4.7 years, the incidence of anemia was 51.2 events per 1,000 person-years in the aspirin group compared with 42.9 events per 1,000 person-years in the placebo group (HR 1.20, 95% CI 1 ...

The use of aspirin for primary prevention has fallen out of favor following changes to clinical guidelines prompted by results from multiple trials: now, an analysis from one of those studies ...

June 19 (UPI) --Using low-dose aspirin was associated with a 20% increased incidence of anemia and decline in ferritin, or blood iron levels, in otherwise healthy older adults, according to a new ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Taking low-dose aspirin every day was linked to a 23.5% risk for developing anemia within 5 years among older ...

A new study suggests regular aspirin use in older adults may pose a serious risk of anemia, adding to existing research that challenges the long-established recommendation to use aspirin as a ...

A large new study has found that healthy older adults taking a long-term low dose of aspirin may be at increased risk of developing anemia. The researchers say their findings suggest that these ...

Iron is a mineral that the body needs to grow and develop. Iron deficiency anemia occurs when the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells due to a lack of iron. The body uses iron to make ...

A study by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Brazil and University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom shows that a combination of anemia and weak muscles in older ...

About 1 in 4 people worldwide have some type of anemia. Iron-deficiency anemia, the most common form by far, makes up about half of all cases. Women and very young children get it the most. In fact, ...

Anemia in very elderly people aged 85 and older appears to be associated with an increased risk of death, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical ...

Iron deficiency anemia is when your body does not have enough iron to produce hemoglobin—the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body. Iron is an essential mineral needed to ...