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Aspirin
The USPSTF recommendation for prevention of cardiovascular disease for the elderly: Men and Women 80 years of age and older: According to the USPSTF, there is insufficient evidence to determine the risk verses benefit of taking aspirin by men and women over 79 years of age for the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Aspirin and prevention of ischemic stroke in women:
Cardiovascular events were not reduced in women by aspirin and therefore they are not believed to benefit from aspirin for heart disease but women do benefit from aspirin in the prevention of ischemic stroke.
Women age 55 to 79 years: The USPSTF strongly recommends aspirin when the potential benefit due to a reduction in ischemic strokes (which occur when an artery to the brain is blocked) is more beneficial than the potential harm due greater gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
