They need to encourage their patients to adopt a healthier lifestyle, for instance, and to prescribe anti-cholesterol medication and aspirin.

Your health care provider may prescribe aspirin or corticosteroids to reduce inflammation of the blood vessels.

But it seems as if Dr Brown views his task as prescribing aspirin rather than dealing with the source of the pain.

Some doctors prescribe aspirin or some other anti-inflammatory drug.

"At present, the decision whether to prescribe aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease must remain a matter of of individual judgment," the report said.

The Food and Drug Administration is proposing to let doctors prescribe aspirin for patients to take during suspected heart attacks.

Your doctor may prescribe aspirin to reduce your risk of heart attack.

If you have had a heart attack or stroke, your doctor has probably already prescribed aspirin for you.

He prescribed aspirin and plenty of bed rest.

If you have been prescribed daily aspirin, you need to know your risks - before you next reach for a bottle of pain reliever.