“For many years in the 1990s and even early 2000s, everyone thought it was healthy to take a mini-dose aspirin every day just to prevent heart attacks,” Dr. Robert Lufkin, an adjunct clinical professor at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, told The Epoch Times.
At that time, several large studies had demonstrated aspirin’s protective effects. The findings gave rise to the popular saying, “An aspirin a day keeps the doctor away.” Many doctors went as far as encouraging patients to take it regularly to prevent heart disease.
