Beware new advice to use daily aspirin to prevent cancer

by Tony Isaacs

(The Best Years in Life) Before anyone jumps on the latest mainstream media bandwagon and begins taking daily aspirin to prevent cancer (or for any other reason), there are several strong reasons to hesitate. To begin with, the study which produced the media storm was flawed and the claimed benefits are highly questionable.  And perhaps more importantly, the fact is that there are no safe dose levels of aspirin and plenty of reasons to stay away from it.

The new aspirin study was conducted by Professor Peter Rothwell at the Stroke Prevention Research Unit at Oxford University. According to the study, taking an aspirin a day could reduce your risk of cancer within three years after beginning the therapy. Only two years earlier, Professor Rothwell published a previous study which suggested that protective benefits would be seen only after 10 years of daily aspirin use.  Read More.