ABC 33/40 - Birmingham News, Weather, SportsAspirin & Heart Attack

An aspirin a day can potentially keep a heart attack away in people who've never had heart disease.

That's according to a new study published in the American Journal of Cardiology.

About 100,000 men and women age 45 and up took part in the study.

Some were healthy and some had diabetes, but none had chest pain or other symptoms of an ailing heart.

The researchers found a 19 percent reduction in non-fatal heart attacks among participants who took aspirin compared to people who did not.