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Aspirin was found to have anti-cancer effects in a large study of 25000 people, published in the Lancet (a British medical journal of high repute.) This is consistent with much previous data confirming the preventive effects for aspirin on colon cancer. Aspirin, 100 years old (invented the same year as Heroine…by Bayer, Inc.), continues to …
Recently there has been controversy about the safety of ARB medications. These are medicines used commonly for high blood pressure and for heart failure. Going by the common names Cozaar, Avapro, Diovan, Benicar, Tevetan….they were implicated a year ago as a causing an increased risk of cancer in patients taking for the long term. A …
Metformin (Glucophage) is the most common medication used to treat type 2 diabetes (non-insulin requiring). It has been available for over 30 years and it’s beneficial effects continue to be identified. A recent study showed that patients taking Meformin had a reduced risk of death from all causes, compared to alternative medication regimens for diabetes. …
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More good new for those patients taking PPI (proton pump inhibitor) medications for the long-term for such conditions as GERD and ulcer disease. It appears that these medications are safe in pregnancy, without evidence of birth defects. Of course, if you are not pregnant, you might think that this is not important to you….yet such …