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Aspirin 'only for heart patients'

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Doctors are being urged to take another look at the treatment of millions of patients who take aspirin to prevent heart disease.

A paper in the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin says the risks and benefits of a daily dose for people who have not already experienced heart problems are very "finely balanced".

Jane Hughes reports.

READ MORE: Aspirin 'only for heart patients'

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