{"id":1371,"date":"2014-09-29T03:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2015-01-28T14:18:52","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T19:18:52","slug":"aspirin-may-actually-cut-cancer-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/29\/aspirin-may-actually-cut-cancer-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspirin May Actually Cut Cancer Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Aspirin
Aspirin As A Cancer Reducer?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Many doctors already recommend taking an aspirin a day to decrease the risk of stroke and heart attack, but recent cancer news<\/a> indicates that swallowing an aspirin a day may also decrease certain types of cancer risk.<\/p>\n

Cutting Cancer Risk<\/strong><\/p>\n

British researchers at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine in London have found strong evidence that people age 50 to 65 could cut their risk of contracting colon<\/a>, esophageal and stomach cancers<\/a>\u00a0by taking one baby aspirin (75 to 81 milligrams) a day for 10 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaking aspirin daily looks to be the most important thing we can do to reduce cancer after stopping smoking and reducing obesity,\u201d one British researcher told USA Today<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Beware of Side Effects<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, both study researchers and other cancer experts recommend talking to your doctor before beginning a preventative aspirin regimen. Aspirin can cause gastrointestinal bleeding and may cause other adverse and potentially dangerous side effects, particularly when taken with certain other drugs such as blood thinners.<\/p>\n

Also of concern, a study reported by Newser.com<\/a> found that long-term aspirin therapy \u201cmay be a factor in macular degeneration,\u201d an age-related eye disease that can result in eventual blindness. Due to the increased risk of aspirin-related bleeding with age, British researchers generally recommended halting daily aspirin therapy after 10 years.<\/p>\n

Benefits Outweigh Side Effects<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThere was clear evidence that the benefits vastly outweigh the side effects,\u201d study leader Dr. Jack Cuzick told the New York Times<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

While cancer news shows support for use of long-term aspirin therapy to prevent cancer growing, questions remain<\/a>. We recommend talking to your Issels\u00a0cancer treatment<\/a> team to see if aspirin therapy is right for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many doctors already recommend taking an aspirin a day to decrease the risk of stroke and heart attack, but recent cancer news indicates that swallowing an aspirin a day may also decrease certain types of cancer risk. Cutting Cancer Risk British researchers at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine in London have found strong evidence … Continue reading Aspirin May Actually Cut Cancer Risk<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,203],"tags":[367,261,228,276],"class_list":["post-1371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-cancer-research","tag-alternative-cancer-therapy","tag-aspirin","tag-cancer-cell-growth","tag-low-fat-diets-and-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1372,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions\/1372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}