Tag: aspirin

  • Aspirin: Helping with Colon Cancer Survival

    Aspirin May Help Treat Some Colon Cancers NEW YORK — Aspirin, one of the world’s oldest and cheapest drugs, has shown remarkable promise in treating colon cancer in people with mutations in a gene that’s thought to play a role in the disease. Among patients with the mutations, those who regularly took aspirin lived longer…

  • An Aspirin A Day…

    Let’s talk about Aspirin- a sexy topic for sure! One of the things Scott’s Oncologist, Dr. Marshall instructed him to take daily is aspirin, a baby aspirin. Based on studies, taking a daily dose of aspirin reduces the risk of dying from cancer. And even though it’s not a huge reduction, any reduction is good with…