MEDICAL RESEARCH BANGLADESH ( BD )

New Aspirin-Guide mobile app helps clinicians and patients make informed decisions about aspirin use Posted in:  Device / Technology News  |  Medical Research News  |  Medical Condition News  |  Pharmaceutical News Published on June 21, 2016 at 12:15 PM Low dose aspirin is recommended by clinicians as a preventive measure for patients who have already had a heart attack or stroke, but the risk of taking low-dose aspirin to prevent or delay a first heart attack or stroke is less clear, as the benefit for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) must be balanced with the increased risk of gastrointestinal or other bleeding. To help clinicians and patients make informed decisions about aspirin use, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a new, free, mobile app, "Aspirin-Guide" that calculates both the CVD risk score and the bleeding risk score for the individual patient, and helps clinicians decide which patients are approp...