this committee that basically gets together. it s several scientists more than a dozen scientists who specialize in this area. they look at lots of data and then they make recommendations on all sorts of things. you know, mammograms. psa testing. and then things like baby aspirin. so i get where it s confusing, again. but again, for someone like you, anderson, because you have been taking it for a while, obviously, at the recommendation of your doctor, you shouldn t stop it. no one is saying based on these draft recommendations, that the aspirin should be stopped. sanjay gupta, appreciate it. thank you. got it. up next, we are going to take you to virginia where former democratic governor terry mcauliffe and republican glenn youngkin are in a tight race for governor. it s getting a lot of attention because of what it could mean for the rest of the country. but what may be the most interesting is which voters are deciding the race and why why they re voting. it may not be what
compensation or seeksing better opportunities. according to the labor department there were about 10.4 million job openings in the united states at the end of august. a u.s. task force is recommending that doctors should not prescribe low-dose aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke. the new proposal comes after evidence suggests there is a high rick of serious side effects that outweigh any potential benefit. the updated guidance says that adults in their 40s and 50s should only take aspirin if their doctors determine they re at high risk of heart disease. taking a low dose is more recommended. the panel has withdrawn recommendation that baby aspirin be taken to present cholesterol. still ahead, all of the highlights from the mlb games. plus one of the players gets sidelined after refusing to take a covid vaccine. sports, next.
milligrams, whatever, for i can t even remember how many years. 20, 30 years or something. now, i m not supposed to? well, yeah. so, confusing is right, anderson. although, you know, science evolves a bit. i think the recommendations evolve with that. for you, personally, they are not saying that you should stop it if you are somebody who s already been taking this. you ve had conversations with your doctor about this. don t just stop this. if if you re thinking about this conversation with your doctor, talk to them, first, before stopping something. or if you ve had a heart attack or a stroke in the past, and now a baby aspirin, 81 milligrams as you point out, is being used to try to prevent a second heart attack or stroke. don t stop in those cases, as well. so there s a lot of people who have already been taking it. they shouldn t look at these
if it is greater than 10% greater than 10% risk those are the people who would be considering starting a baby aspirin even as young as 40. so it s it s it s a it s a bit of a, again, an arbitrary tool. but i think, overall, there is two things that really jump out at me about this. first, is that the the benefits of baby aspirin for older people, people 60 and older, is just not there. that s what they basically are saying, unless you have already had a heart attack or a stroke. but even as young as 40, there may be benefit even if you hadn t had it if you have a high risk over the next ten years. the u.s. preventative services, which i never heard of, by the way. which doesn t mean anything. i just it s new to me. who oversee this guidance. they published it as a draft statement. they asked for public comments. why? what s that about? i mean, does it mean this ant the final word? they are just ruminating? this is not the final word. yeah. no. this isn t the final wor
we see it with the fda advisory committee, cdc advisory committees. the u.s. preventative task force, they also have this this committee that basically gets together. it s several scientists more than a dozen scientists who specialize in this area. they look at lots of data and then they make recommendations on all sorts of things. you know, mammograms. psa testing. and then things like baby aspirin. so i get where it s confusing, again. but again, for someone like you, anderson, because you have been taking it for a while, obviously, at the recommendation of your doctor, you shouldn t stop it. no one is saying based on these draft recommendations, that the aspirin should be stopped. sanjay gupta, appreciate it. thank you. got it. up next, we are going to take you to virginia where former democratic governor terry mcauliffe and republican glenn youngkin are in a tight race for governor. but what may be the most interesting is which voters are deciding the race and why why t