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Can Taking Aspirin Once a Day Reduce Risk of Cancer, Stroke, and More?

It’s not only good for reducing cancer risk—Anneli Rufus on the wonder drug’s effect on other afflictions.

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According to studies published this week in The Lancet, aspirin radically reduces the risk of cancer. These studies confirm prodigious past research linking aspirin use to reduced rates of heart disease, stroke, Parkinson’s Disease, asthma, and yet more cancers.

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