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Older adults who take low-dose aspirin on a daily basis may be prone to an increased risk of brain bleeds, according to a new study. While aspirin appeared to reduce the occurrence of ischemic stroke, it was not statistically significant.

>> it gives you hope? >> yes sure. >> yes, unbelievably. and we had none. >> to say that look can becomes without risks, over 12% of those who participated in clinical trial developed brain swelling, 70% experienced brain bleeds. the other drawback is that it cost $26,000 a year. medicare says it will provide coverage for the drug but only if doctors agreed to collect performance data on it. for more lets bring in msnbc medical contributor doctor coffee tara patel. shes a former policy director ...

>> it gives you hope? >> yes sure. >> yes, unbelievably. and we had none. >> to say that look can becomes without risks, over 12% of those who participated in clinical trial developed brain swelling, 17% experienced brain bleeds -- what can be cost $26,000 here. medicare says it will provide coverage for the drug but only if doctors agreed to collect from former state on a. for more lets bring in msnbc medical contributor doctor patel. shes a former policy director in the obama white house and i...

Because of potential side effects, brain bleeds, brain swelling. how comfortable should people feel taking this drug? >> let me emphasize here that almost 80% of individuals that were thought to have some degree of brain swelling, most of those cases resolved. those were identified on mris, not because of symptoms or some other diagnostic, and so, yes , there is a risk. these are serious potential consequences. they do occur in about 10% of patients. there are genetic tests that patients that mi...

Against alzheimers disease. the fda approving the new alzheimers drug, the first drug to show evidence of slowing cognitive decline this patients in the early stages of alzheimers. the drug have side effects, including small brain bleeds, and its price. its unclear how much would be covered in at all. when we come back, the new year off to a mega start. wouldnt it be nice with a billion dollars tonight? the lot to help keep others from harm. at pfizer, were driven by this impulse. weve reached...

In infants, severe brain bleeds are associated with long-term sight problems. The sight problems were often due to damage to the visual areas in the brain.

Sometimes, we have older patients, patients who are quite old may have hit their head on the frame of the car as they are getting inside. and again, they think that hurt. they dont think anything of it and then a couple of weeks later, they start to have symptoms. so, when you look at all those categories of those types of brain bleeds, they are not uncommon. but the situation that seems to have happened with -- with bob saget. thats -- you know, i dont want to suggest that everyone who hits the...

There had to be substantial impact. a lot of times, we think about substantial impact of falling down stairs or a car accident, but you could also have substantial impact just from falling from standing, especially if you hit your head on something hard like the floor or the bathtub or edge of a cabinet. in this case, it looks like mr. saget had two different types of brain bleeds, a subdural and hemorrhage. you get pooling of blood in the brain and skull doesnt have space, so if you have a lot ...

And, as with the mens game, theres always the risk of injury. we had one of those big kind of anniversary games and i got dropped on my head and i had a huge seizure. i had a ct scan to check for brain bleeds. no brain bleed. so a couple of weeks later, im back at training, im back in pre—season. come on, lets go for it, alex. lets go for it, alex! nic evans has played for wales. she also says she played for her club after a major concussion. every single time i trained, every single time my h...

You know, that that education has shown an increase in the knowledge across players, referees — importantly, coaches. rugby is a growing sport. over two million women now play. and, as with the mens game, theres always the risk of injury. we had one of those big kind of anniversary games and i got dropped on my head and i had a huge seizure. i had a ct scan to check for brain bleeds. no brain bleed. so a couple of weeks later, im back at training, im back in pre—season. come on, lets go for ...