Can aspirin prevent both heart disease and cancer? -

The recommendations in September 2015 from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent group of medical experts, state that people between the ages of 50 and 59 years who are at an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, and who are not at an increased risk of bleeding, should take 81 mg of aspirin daily (which is typical dosage of “baby” or low-dose aspirin).