Aspirin in small doses protects against cancer

Even small regular doses of aspirin reduces the risk of cancer in the long term. That is the conclusion reached by researchers.

The debate about the benefits and dangers of everyday preventive aspirin   It has been going on for a long time. Scientists from Oxford have completed quite a long time for a study that will be one more argument in favor of the supporters of the regular intake of one of the most popular remedies for headache and temperature.

Thus, it became clear that reception Aspirin   - In small doses - in the long term may reduce the risk of colon cancer by 20% and 35% of stomach. A study conducted by Professor Peter Rothwell of Oxford, which for many years are recommended for aspirin   patients who have had mini-strokes. Rothwell decided to check whether there have this medication when taken regularly, and other positive effects.

"Back in the 1970s there was an information that aspirin can affect the growth of some species cancer   in the laboratory and in animals - said the professor. - But the effect of the animals not necessarily have to be repeated in humans. We would like to clarify this issue. "

For the influence of aspirin on the person observed by scientists from Oxford, London, Edinburgh and Japan. They studied data from studies conducted in the 1980s and 1990s, paying special attention to those of their members who are sick cancer . Initially, managed to prove the positive impact of the drug in preventing   cancer   intestinal and stomach. And now scientists are looking for evidence of drugs and the development of other types of tumors.

Advocates of the drug argue that the regular aspirin It prevents heart attacks and strokes. Opponents argue that the positive effect in this regard is extremely insignificant, and it completely negates the risk of stomach bleeding.

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