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Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Aspirin May Reduce Cancer Risk, But Caution Urged

Some experts say study isn't strong enough for doctors to start recommending a daily dose

A new report from British scientists suggests that long-term, daily aspirin use may modestly lower the risk of dying of certain cancers, though experts warn the study isn't strong enough to recommend healthy people start taking a pill that can cause bleeding and other problems.

In a new observational analysis published online Tuesday in the medical journal Lancet, Peter Rothwell of the University of Oxford and colleagues looked at eight trials that included more than 25,000 patients and cut the risk of death from certain cancers by 20 percent.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I don't buy it ! Aspirin also keeps your blood from clotting.