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I am surprised that taking a baby aspirin every day may turn out to be harmful. It's been common wisdom for years, and now it may (or may not) be wrong. Like th

I am surprised that taking a baby aspirin every day may turn out to be harmful. It's been common wisdom for years, and now it may (or may not) be wrong. Like the advice that chocolate and red wine is good for you.

justtopost 8y ago
Why would taking a drug everyday not seem like it could have some obvious concequences?
copperx 8y ago
I remember reading a paper some time ago claiming a relationship between NSAID use and kidney cancer. And then one about Aspirin use and lower risk of colon cancer. The side effects of Aspirin are not just the risk of stomach bleeding as stated on the package.
jakobegger 8y ago
If some drug was unconditionally good for us, why haven't our bodies evolved to secrete that drug on their own?