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By Nina Agrawal
The New York Times
President Donald Trump takes a high daily dose of aspirin, and has done so for over two decades, rejecting medical guidelines and advice from his doctors to switch to a lower amount.
“They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart,” Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview.
The president, 79, was diagnosed this year with chronic venous insufficiency, a condition that occurs when veins have trouble moving blood back to the heart. He also showed signs of bruising on his hand, which his physician attributed to frequent handshaking and to the use of aspirin as part of his heart-health regimen.
A decade ago, the best evidence available suggested that the routine use of aspirin could reduce heart attacks and strokes in people without a history of heart disease by helping to prevent the formation of blood clots. But three large, randomized trials published in 2018 Read Entire Article
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