Healthy women who take low-dose Aspirin on alternate days may reduce their risk for colorectal cancer but increase the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, a large study suggests. Researchers in the U.S. randomly assigned 38,876 women aged 45 years or older to take either 100 milligrams of Aspirin or a placebo every other day. "After a median follow-up of 18 years, a difference in colorectal cancer by Aspirin group emerged," Julie Buring of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and her co-authors concluded. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Cook NR, et al. Alternate-Day, Low-Dose Aspirin and Cancer Risk: Long-Term Observational Follow-up of a Randomized Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2013;159(2):77-85.
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