New Study Suggests Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Skin Cancer
[VIDEO] Those obsessed with tanning, like Patricia Krentcil and
the cast of ‘Jersey Shore,’ may have little to fear in terms of
skin cancer provided they take an aspirin a day, says a new
report published in the health journal Cancer. Researchers in
Denmark and the US found that people taking common painkillers
like aspirin and ibuprofen were much less likely to develop skin
cancer, including squamous cell carcinoma and malignant
melanoma. In the trial, researchers reviewed all cancer cases in
the Danish Cancer Registry from 1991 to 2009 and compared it
against a database that showed patients’ use of drugs that
reduce inflammation or pain. What they found was startling. Over
the course of the study, patients who took painkillers had a 13%
lower risk of melanoma and a 15% lower chance of developing
squamous cell carcinoma. What’s more, the study found that
anticancer benefits increased dramatically the longer people
took the drugs. In particular, long-t