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Oxford University research finds people are 5x less like to suffer a major stroke shortly after a minor one if they take aspirin.
Most of the benefit if taken in the first hours and days after a minor stroke or TIA.
Prof Peter Rothwell: “Benefits of immediate aspirin therapy have been hugely underestimated.”
Based on review of 15 trials involving thousands of people.
The study was published in The Lancet journal.
