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Should You Take a Daily Aspirin to Prevent Cancer?

By Candy Sagon, August 06, 2014 03:19 PM

Taking a daily low-dose aspirin has been standard advice for many at risk for heart disease, but now a large scientific review of research finds that the same advice could dramatically cut older adults' risk of developing - and dying from - colon, stomach or esophageal cancer.

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