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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 let's bring in msnbc medical contributor doctor coffee tara patel. she's a former policy director in the obama white house and is now a professor at stanford school of medicine. doctor patel it is...
>> 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 let's bring in msnbc medical contributor doctor patel. she's a former policy director in the obama white house and is now a professor at stanford school of medicine. doctor patel it is always good to see you. talk ...
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 might get one of these therapies should take. a certain gene might increase the risk of these side eff...
Against alzheimer's disease. the fda approving the new alzheimer's drug, the first drug to show evidence of slowing cognitive decline this patients in the early stages of alzheimer's. the drug have side effects, including small brain bleeds, and its price. it's unclear how much would be covered in at all. when we come back, the new year off to a mega start. wouldn't it be nice with a billion dollars tonight? the lot to help keep others from harm. at pfizer, we're driven by this impulse. we've reached hundreds of millions of lives with our covid-19 response. and we keep innovating. whatever c...