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How Does Low-Dose Aspirin Work?

Season 5 Episode 47 | 4m 27s

You ever see those commercials suggesting people take a tiny dose of aspirin every day? It’s an amount so small it doesn’t really work for pain relief, yet taking low-dose aspirin is fairly common, among those at risk for heart attacks or stroke. Here’s why aspirin works in a baby-sized dose

Aired: 01/06/19

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