[stormhill]

In that context, aspirin is helpful to prevent strokes and myocardial infarctions

As was hinted to earlier, when it comes to strokes it depends on whether you're at risk for ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. With the latter, an aspirin regimen will shorten your journey to the afterlife.

[neverevergiveup]

Only ~15% of strokes are hemorrhagic. The vast majority are ischemic, and thus daily aspirin in those with atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease is a very, very reasonable preventative treatment. As regards hemorrhagic strokes, uncontrolled HTN is a significant risk factor, as are cerebrovascular aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations - which can both be genetically based.

The bottom line in my view is what I was referring to previously, which is that treatment needs to be decided on an individual basis, by a thinking and reasoned physician, and NOT on the basis of an algorithm defined by a flawed statistical study. There is no such thing as a perfect algorithm when you are dealing with biological diversity.