Should All Adults Take a Daily Aspirin?
As more and more research is showing, more benefits is suggesting that a daily low-dose baby aspirin (81 mg) can reduce the chance of a 1st Heart Attack or Stroke. It can also definitely can avoid a repeat of one. It's also showing great progress in reducing various Cancers. Many clinical trials have shown a clear reduction in colorectal cancer from aspirin use, and long-term follow-up of those studies suggests aspirin offers protection against other types of cancers, too. Aspirin seems to have the biggest effect on colorectal, esophageal and stomach cancers, where reductions in excess of 30% were seen both for the development of new cancers and deaths. Smaller but fairly consistent benefits have been reported for lung, prostate and breast cancer, with both incidence and mortality reduced between 10% and 15%. Over 150 observational studies have also confirmed these findings. So before we get TOOO happy with this evidence, there are a couple serious drawback WHY NOT!! ...