Friday, March 3, 2017

Aspirin and the USPSTF

                         Borrego was a lot more fun then

If you don’t know what the acronym USPSTF means, you haven’t been taking me seriously.  It stands for United States Preventative Services Task Force and I have written about it frequently, with usually a negative twist.  I also have discussed evidence that indicates, fairly convincingly, that a daily small dose of aspirin significantly reduces the probability of contracting cancers of various sorts, including ovarian.  Well, the USPSTF – which generally tosses wet blankets on prevention/early detection protocols because of cost, false positives and the like – has surprised me by recommending the aspirin regimen.  See below:
Now it simply remains for you to pester your doctors about this new medical wrinkle.

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