Aspirin does not slow cognitive decline

A study published in this month's British Medical Journal monitored 6,377 healthy women aged 65 or older, who took 100 mg aspirin every other day for nine years, found that they didn’t fare any better than women who were taking a sugar pill, or placebo. There was virtually no difference between the two groups in terms of cognition and verbal memory - and each group had the same numbers who suffered substantial decline in their mental abilities.