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    got any proof of that?
    my research tells me just the opposite.
    Aspirin prevents bowel cancer for example...and heart disease.

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      Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory
      Drugs Such As Aspirin 7,600
      Source: Robyn Tamblyn, PhD; Laeora Berkson, MD, MHPE, FRCPC; W. Dale Jauphinee, MD, FRCPC; David Gayton, MD, PhD, FRCPC; Roland Grad, MD, MSc; Allen Huang, MD, FRCPC; Lisa Isaac, PhD; Peter McLeod, MD, FRCPC; and Linda Snell, MD, MHPE, FRCPC, "Unnecessary Prescribing of NSAIDs and the Management of NSAID-Related Gastropathy in Medical Practice," Annals of Internal Medicine (Washington, DC: American College of Physicians, 1997), September 15, 1997, 127:429-438, from the web at http://www.acponline.org/journals/annals/15sep97/nsaid.htm, last accessed Feb. 14, 2001, citing Fries, JF, "Assessing and understanding patient risk," Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology Supplement, 1992;92:21-4.

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      I didn't see anything about deaths. It only mentioned 'potential'.
      Daily aspirin therapy: Understand the benefits and risks

      Daily low-dose aspirin can prevent heart attack and stroke but is often misused, from the January 2014 Harvard Heart Letter

      about a million more articles.

      Can a daily aspirin lower your cancer risk?

      Evidence suggests taking a low-dose aspirin (81 milligrams) daily may protect you from developing many types of cancer, including those hardest to treat successfully, says Robert S. Bresalier, M.D., professor of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at MD Anderson.
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      Colon cancer, rectal cancer and prostate cancer are among the most common and life-threatening cancers in the United States, according to the National Cancer Institute. But aspirin use could have a positive impact on your risks for these diseases.
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      “Studies show long-term aspirin use lowers rates of precancerous colorectal polyps and prostate lesions,” Bresalier explains. In fact, taking a low-dose aspirin daily could reduce your colon cancer and rectal cancer risks by as much as 50%.
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      The story is much the same for other common cancers. A study of recovering breast cancer patients found those who took a daily aspirin for three to five years were 60% less likely to suffer from a recurrence of the disease. The aspirin swallowers also were 71% less likely to die as a result of breast cancer.

      Aspirin to Reduce Cancer Risk - National Cancer Institute

      and about 3 million more results

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      Yes there are many studies both ways on this. I noted that most of the studies that recommended daily aspirin treatment were authored by doctors that are also paid consultants to the large pharmaceutical companies and even they admit that you would see no potential benefit until 6 years of daily use. Also it was not really my point.
      My point was that plain old everyday items we all have contact with on a daily basis, such as aspirin are more deadly to us than those big scary guns.

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      God I HOPE not. I want my gun to be deadly. If it's not I'll get one that is. That's the whole POINT of carrying a gun. Be deadly to the bad guy.

      uh...one other thing.

      Since you don't trust studies about medicine that are paid for by those involved with medicine....who do you trust?

      Greenpeace?

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        Greenpeace..... not a chance in hell.
        Also my guns all be very deadly as well but not to your average Joe/Jane minding their own non bad guy/gal biz,contrary to what the gun grabbers on the idiot box keep screaming.

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        Reuters...that would be england?
        For 50-year-old men, taking a full-sized, 325 mg aspirin every day to prevent heart disease and stroke carries a risk of 10.4 deaths per 100,000 men per year over and above their overall death risk

        the key word is 'risk', not actual deaths. How is that 'risk' calculated? Are there actual deaths to back it up or is it just guess work?

        Whenever a journalist uses the words 'might', 'may', 'could', 'potential' or other such weasel words...I don't give it much credibility.

        By the way...I was a Truck Driver for 25 years...according to the article I should be dead?

        Speaking of 'credibility'.... Huff'n'puff...is not..

        friendly advice. Use the following format to make your links look better,
        open square bracket title close square braked open parenthesis url close parenthesis, that way you don't run quite the RISK of having people ignore your links.

        Maybe....Could be...might...well it depends..

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         6 years ago 

        Thanks for the format tip, been away from Steemit for a long time. Had to relearn a bit of the format again.
        Sorry for taking this post so far off topic