Aspirin: The Good and The Bad

By: William Ross

Years ago in the medical publication, The Lancet, an article reported that taking the miracle pill, aspirin, can lower the risk of cancer by 58% and prevents heart attacks and strokes.

Even other findings have said it can reduce the accumulation of plaque in the brain of Alzheimer patients and can help reduce symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia ( BPH).

Today, researchers believe that inflammation plays a role in all these diseases; and aspirins ability to inhibit the effects of cyclooxygenase- 2 (Cox-2) enzymes, which causes your pain, also promotes cell damage that can lead to cancer. There are …read more