The larges study to date of the pros and cons attributed to aspirin has shown that a small daily intake of the drug significantly cuts risks of fatality or occurrence of bowel,stomach,and oesophageal cancer.
The review perused all available evidence from studies and clinical trials on the drug's potential of damage and improvement.
it found that taking aspirin for 10 years could cut bowel cancer by around 35 percent and deaths from the disease by 40 percent.
rates of oesophageal and stomach cancer were cut by 30 percent and deaths from these cancers by 35 to 50 percent.
professor jack cuzick.head of the centre for cancer prevention at queen mary university of london,said"our study shows that if everyone aged betaween 50 and 65 started taking aspirin daily for at least 10 years,there be a 9 percent reduction in the number of cancer,stroker and heart attacks overall in men,around 7 percent in women."
"whilst there are some serious side effects that cant's be ignored.taking aspirin daily looks to be the most importment thing we can do to reduce cancer after stopping smoking and reducing obesity, and will probable be much easier to implement,"he said.
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tom v-and let's not forget that aspirin maker the blood better flowing,thinner.thus lowers blood pressure and prevent stroke and heart attack.