Read more aspirin stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19671/aspirin.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-11T11:41:35http://www.newser.com/story/81593/an-aspirin-a-day-may-be-too-much-docs.htmlThe blanket advice that middle-aged people should take low-dose aspirin every day to ward off a heart attack or stroke is too broad, warn medical experts. For those who have a history of heart disease or have already suffered an ischemic stroke, the advice is sound. But for others in...http://www.newser.com/story/81593/an-aspirin-a-day-may-be-too-much-docs.html2010-02-23T18:29:58http://www.newser.com/story/81063/aspirin-cuts-deaths-from-breast-cancer.htmlTaking aspirin regularly reduces the risk of death for breast cancer patients, a new study suggests. Drawing on data from the Nurses' Health Study, researchers found that breast cancer victims who took an aspirin at least twice a week were 64% to 71% less likely to die, and 43% to...http://www.newser.com/story/81063/aspirin-cuts-deaths-from-breast-cancer.html2010-02-16T22:52:36http://www.newser.com/story/68240/aspirin-harmful-for-healthy-people-study.htmlHealthy people shouldn’t be taking aspirin, according to a new study. The drug doesn’t actually reduce the risk of heart attack, as many of the “worried well” have long believed, British scientists told a medical conference, but it does nearly double the risk they’ll be hospitalized with internal bleeding. Those...http://www.newser.com/story/68240/aspirin-harmful-for-healthy-people-study.html2009-08-31T17:34:00http://www.newser.com/story/38649/combo-heart-pills-enter-trials-in-london.htmlTrials begin this week in London on a cheap "polypill" that could cut heart attack and stroke deaths in half worldwide, the Guardian reports. The pill combines four drugs—aspirin, a cholesterol-lowering statin, an ACE inhibitor, and thiazine to battle high blood pressure. The aim is to sell it—for...http://www.newser.com/story/38649/combo-heart-pills-enter-trials-in-london.html2008-09-29T13:16:00http://www.newser.com/story/36923/painkillers-may-play-role-in-prostate-cancer.htmlCommon pain relievers like aspirin and ibuprofen belong to a class of drugs that lowers protein levels doctors use to test for prostate cancer, the second-most-common cancer found in men. But researchers say it's not clear if the drugs are lowering the risk of developing the cancer or just making...http://www.newser.com/story/36923/painkillers-may-play-role-in-prostate-cancer.html2008-09-08T22:49:34http://www.newser.com/story/21853/new-aspirin-spares-users-stomachaches.htmlAspirin is one of the world’s top painkillers, but it has a nasty way of attacking the stomach lining. That could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a team of Italian researchers who have molecularly altered the drug. The new aspirin “has no side effects,” the lead...http://www.newser.com/story/21853/new-aspirin-spares-users-stomachaches.html2008-03-18T18:49:23http://www.newser.com/story/14984/uk-doctor-cooks-up-migraine-cure.htmlA British doctor's hunch about migraines shows early promise in bringing an end to the misery of the painful headaches, the Independent reports. Five patients were treated with a drug used for blood clots, which worked "spectacularly well," says cardiologist John Chambers. Now he's studying group of 280 to see...http://www.newser.com/story/14984/uk-doctor-cooks-up-migraine-cure.html2007-12-27T21:50:00