Contradictory to previous hopeful findings, regular intake of low-dose aspirin does not protect older, healthy women against cognitive decline.

Such were the conclusion of a major 10-year study on women which revealed that aspirin cannot prevent age-related shortfalls in memory and thinking.

According to study author Jae Hee Kang, an instructor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston:

"I certainly don't think that people should look at taking low-dose aspirin as a preventive measure for cognitive decline. I think that's pretty clear, especially among those women who are healthy."

Results of the said study have been published online last Thursday at the British Medical Journal.

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