If you're above 60, you no longer need daily aspirin


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Aspirin is a common drug often taken to treat symptoms such as headaches, body aches and other cold-like ailments. — Dreamstime/TNS

This might be a tough pill to swallow.

People aged 60 and older are no longer recommended to take aspirin medication as a way of avoiding heart disease because of the potential health risks, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) announced last week.

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