Dr. John Flack, chair of Internal Medicine at Wayne State's School of Medicine, is the study investigator for a research project designed to determine whether aspirin can help older adults avoid physical and mental disabilities and live longer, healthier lives. The study, Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly, or ASPREE, is billed as the largest study of its kind conducted in partnership with other U.S. researchers and Monash University in Australia, where the initial pilot study was developed.

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