Both aspirin and ibuprofen are suited to treat pain and inflammation in the short term, over the course of a few days. They should not be used long term — consistently over the course of a few ...

New research shows how regular aspirin use can lower cancer risk, especially for those with unhealthy lifestyles. Discover ...

Aspirin is not only one of the best-documented medicines in the world, but also one of the most frequently used drugs of all times. In addition to its role as an analgesic, aspirin is being ...

Developing a tolerance to aspirin, even with long-term use, is not common. Regular aspirin usually begins working within ...

Michael Mosley talks to two experts with very different opinions on whether healthy people, who haven’t had a heart attack, should be taking a daily 75mg dose of aspirin. Professor Peter Elwood ...

Aspirin is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs) containing salicylate. This compound is found in willow trees and ...

"Our findings raise questions about the balance of risk and benefit of long-term daily aspirin use in people aged 75 or over if a PPI drug is not co-prescribed." Dr Tim Chico, heart specialist at ...

But daily low-dose (75mg) aspirin is used to make the blood less sticky and can help to prevent heart attacks and stroke. Most strokes are caused by clots in the blood vessels of the brain but ...

Sandra Rose, a nurse in Raleigh, NC, started taking a daily aspirin because "it seemed like a wonder drug," preventing heart attacks and strokes. "All the patients seemed to be on a low-dose ...

Chan AT et al. (2005) Long-term use of aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of colorectal cancer. JAMA 294: 914–923 A prospective cohort study involving 82,911 female ...

Background Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have higher pancreatic cancer (PC) risk. While aspirin has chemopreventive effects on digestive cancers, its effect on PC among patients with ...