Posted: 23 Apr 2014 02:00 PM PDT
The
humble aspirin may have just added another beneficial effect beyond its
ability to ameliorate headaches and reduce the risk of heart attacks:
lowering colon cancer risk among people with high levels of a specific
type of gene. The extraordinary finding comes from a multi-institutional
team that analyzed data and other material from two long-term studies
involving nearly 128,000 participants.
