A large study was carried out on more than 1, 00,000 men and women for about 10 years. The results of the study claimed that aspirin does not reduce the risk of strokes or heart disease and further, another report, after some time, based on same data, opposed the results.

The researchers of the study revealed that participants of the study were randomly assigned to take small doses of aspirin. The results of the study revealed that participants who took doses of aspirin died, during the trials, whereas those who did not consume the drug where alive.

The study concluded that aspirin does not reduce the risk of strokes or dying from heart disease, but did lower the risk of heart attacks in healthy people.

A report based on same data showed that aspirin prevents deaths, myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke, and increases haemorrhagic stroke and major bleeding, if used in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. The results of the report were revealed by the researchers from the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane, Australia and are published in the American Journal of Medicine.