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# Aspirin

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# Aspirin
Study says healthy adults shouldn't take aspirin daily due to bleeding risks
Statistically, the benefits were close to the risks.
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Jan 23rd 2019, 8:19 AM
# add aspirin
Irish patients take part in trial that tests if aspirin can prevent cancer returning
The trial is taking part in the UK and India, as well as in 10 Irish hospitals.
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Sep 23rd 2018, 3:24 PM
# stopping spreading
Aspirin can give major survival boost to patients battling some cancers
A new study has shown that a low dose of the drug is effective during the treatment of bowel, breast and prostate cancer.
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Apr 21st 2016, 9:25 AM
# prevention
Irish study finds aspirin may help stop breast cancer from spreading
However, researchers have cautioned that women should not start taking aspirin as a precautionary measure.
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Aug 13th 2014, 1:39 PM
# DNA
Aspirin halves your colon cancer risk ... if you have a certain gene
Scientists are hoping to develop a test that would make it easy to identify who is and is not likely to get positive effects from taking aspirin.
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Apr 25th 2014, 8:00 AM
# Health
Taking aspirin to prevent recurrent heart attacks 'ineffective for 1 in 5'
A study by the Irish Heart Foundation shows that for 1 in 5 people taking the drug as a preventative measure, it might be ineffective.
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Sep 30th 2013, 9:15 PM
# Heart Health
People more likely to take preventive medications combined in a single pill
New research indicates that changing the delivery of several medications into one fixed-dose combination pill could improve people’s adherence to preventative medications.
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Nov 7th 2012, 2:56 PM
# headaches
Painkillers "can cause" headaches
Overuse of drugs such as aspirin reduces effectiveness and can cause pain, says NHS authority.
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Sep 19th 2012, 9:37 AM
# Cancer
Can an aspirin a day lower your cancer risk?
It might, but not as much as a previous study suggested.
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Aug 11th 2012, 3:03 PM
# Cancer
Aspirin a day can help prevent and even treat cancer, study suggests
Low doses of the common painkiller significantly reduced the risk of cancers developing and spreading in the body.
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Mar 21st 2012, 10:05 AM
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Mar 21st 2012, 8:26 AM
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Oct 28th 2011, 8:23 AM
# Living
Daily aspirin helps prevent colon cancer, says study
Those who regularly take a low dose of aspirin could be reducing their risk of developing colon cancer – Ireland’s second deadliest cancer.
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Oct 22nd 2010, 3:53 PM