Aspirin is a drug which can help fight heart disease and stroke, along with its long-known benefits of relieving pain and fever. Here are some important factors to better understand its value to your health. Aspirin fights harmful blood clots.
Heart attacks occur when a clot suddenly blocks part of the heart's own blood supply.
In most strokes, a clot blocks part of the brain's blood supply. The clots occur because of atherosclerosis, a disease which clogs the inside of arteries. Aspirin makes it harder for these clots to form. Please read on. It is still not proven that aspirin prevents heart disease, especially in people at low risk of heart disease and stroke.