A daily dose of aspirin can prevent cancer from developing

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It is well known that aspirin can help alleviate minor pain, headache and even prevent heart attacks and strokes, but new evidence suggests that its benefits may be broader. According to a new study, taking low doses of ordinary painkillers every day can reduce the risk of dying from cancer.

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span= "article-image inner caption-class"> The new study provides another benefit for taking small doses of aspirin daily. (Picture: Warrenrandalcarr/iStock/Getty Images)

View data collected by nurses from 1980 to 2012, 39; Health studies of 86,000 women, and follow-up studies of more than 43,000 male health professionals from 1986 to 2012, the researchers found that those taking low doses of A. Over the next few decades, aspirin patients were 7% to 11% less likely to die of cancer every day. The findings were published this week by the American Association for Cancer Research.

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-There is growing evidence that aspirin not only reduces the risk of cancer, but also may play a strong role in reducing cancer mortality. At Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, explain (as CNN reports). The greatest effect of aspirin on reducing cancer mortality is that in colorectal cancer, the mortality rate is reduced by about 30%. This confirms that previous studies have shown a close relationship between the two. The study also showed that women were 11% less likely to die from breast cancer and men 23% less likely to die from prostate cancer after taking the drug.

Although daily aspirin use can reduce the risk of cancer death, the researchers point out that these findings do not support the idea that aspirin can prevent cancer, as other recent studies have insisted. Although this finding is convincing, Cao reminded cancer patients to discuss it with their doctors before taking any medicine. & There is growing evidence that aspirin can reduce cancer and cardiovascular mortality. However, it's best to remember that if a person wants to take a small dose of aspirin, especially if a person has cancer, they want to have a preliminary conversation with the doctor first, she told cnn.

Like any drug, taking aspirin is risky, even for the healthiest people. Side effects and risks of aspirin use include stomach problems such as inflammation and bleeding ulcers; acute overdoses, which can eventually lead to kidney and respiratory failure; and chronic overdoses, which occur a few days after people take high-dose aspirin.

What do you think? How often do you take aspirin? Will this study change the way you take aspirin? Does such research benefit cancer?

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