My favorite picture from our wonderful trip to Egypt
It has been known for years that aspirin and some other
analgesics have a positive effect where cancer is concerned; taking them is
good. Steadfastly, however, our local “clinicians”
refuse to advise you to use them; in fact, they advise against, for reasons I
don’t fully understand. Now there
appears more evidence of the benefits from ingesting aspirin and other NSAIDs,
such as ibuprofen. Two massive studies
involving nurses have shown that women with ovarian cancer who regularly took
analgesics had a significant increase in “cancer-specific survival”, relative
to women who didn’t. The statistics
appear quite remarkable to me, a statistical ignoramus. Surprisingly – well, maybe not – taking analgesics
before diagnosis made no detectable difference.
Also of note: using paracematol (Tylenol) didn’t help at all.
The why of this is not discussed, but probably involves reduced
inflammation.
Ask your friendly local doc about taking aspirin
Here is another article about aspirin and OVCA. It appears to be the result of a “meta-analysis”, meaning that clever statisticians have artfully merged results from numerous trials conducted all over the world which investigated the effect of aspirin and NSAIDs on OVCA. About 750,000 women were involved, of which about 3500 developed ovarian cancer. Bottom line: YOU SHOULD POP A BABY ASPIRIN EVERY DAY, UNLESS YOUR LOCAL DOC FERVENTLY RECOMMENDS OTHERWISE!*
ReplyDeletehttps://www.dailytrust.com.ng/-one-dose-of-aspirin-reduces-10-ovarian-cancer-risk-262326.html
*But, always remember: Medical advice from a geologist is about as useful as geological advice from an artichoke.
Eureka doctor approved taking a daily baby aspirin, then a few years later said not to. Asheville doctor talked about benefits for preventing heart disease working in men more than women. So confused.
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