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New Aspirin Hype: Aspirin stops Cancer From Spreading

Most of us take an Aspirin to get over a hangover, but Aspirin is already known to prevent heart disease. Now a new study says that it stops also cancer from spreading.

Mar 21 2012, 2:27pm CDT | by

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New Aspirin Hype: Aspirin stops Cancer From Spread
 
 

Aspirin is big in the news today. Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid, is becoming a cheap super weapon in medicine. A new study by a team of researchers led by Professor...

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"Phenacetin and aminophenazone were widely used to ease pain and fever, like aspirin ... But phenacetin is banned on the mainland, and aminophenazone is rarely used in human medicines. Neither of the chemicals is allowed in Wei C Yin Qiao Pian."


Source: China Daily

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Enteric Coated Aspirin 81 mg Tablets by Advance Pharmaceutical Inc.: Recall of One Lot - May Contain Acetaminophen 500 mg Tablets

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration

ISSUE: Advance Pharmaceutical Inc. announced that this firm is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall to the user level of the over-the-counter drug product, Rugby label Enteric Coated Aspirin Tablets, 81 mg, Lot 13A026. Advance Pharmaceutical ...
Full article at: U.S. Food and Drug Administration  More like this  4 hours ago, 5:38pm CDT

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Aspirin May Fight Cancer by Slowing DNA Damage, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Study

Source: Biospace

Staying up-to-date has never been simpler. Sign up for the free GenePool newsletter today! Aspirin is known to lower risk for some cancers, and a new study led by a UC San Francisco scientist points to a possible explanation, with ...
Full article at: Biospace  More like this  11 hours ago, 10:29am CDT

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How aspirin can effectively battle cancer

Source: Times of India

Aspirin lowers the rate of the accumulation of DNA mutations in abnormal cells in at least one pre-cancerous condition, a news study has claimed. Carlo Maley, PhD, a member of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, s ...
Full article at: Times of India  More like this  15 hours ago, 6:38am CDT

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Aspirin Could Help Fight Cancer

Source: Softpedia

Aspirin and other similar non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs could help fight cancer, a new study published in the latest issue of the journal PLOS Genetics says. Specialists Carlo Maley explains that, as several experiments have shown, these ...
Full article at: Softpedia  More like this  1 day ago, 2:41pm CDT

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New Aspirin Hype: Aspirin stops Cancer From Spreading

Aspirin is big in the news today. Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid, is becoming a cheap super weapon in medicine. A new study by a team of researchers led by Professor Peter Rothwell at the University of Oxford says that Aspirin stops cancer from spreading. This is a huge deal. The question is though if you should now down an Aspirin a day despite having no headache from a hangover? The BBC has a good article on whether to take an Aspirin or not. There are risks like internal bleeding. For healthy adults it most likely makes no sense to down an Aspirin every day.

 

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Luigi Lugmayr (Google) is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into vibrant technology magazine.
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