Aspirin under increased scrutiny after medical study: Is it safe for everyone?

(WGN Radio) – A study of 19,000 people has doctors taking a closer look at aspirin.
The study, published last month in Annals of Internal Medicine, looked at a huge group of people 65 and older. Half were given 100 mg of aspirin daily, while the other half were given a placebo.
The study found the group taking low-dose aspirin were 25% more likely to be anemic, explained Dr. Kevin Most, Chief Medical Officer at Northwestern Medicine’s Central DuPage Hospital.
Anemia describes a condi