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Next week’s headline: Aspirin raises cancer risk by 20%
by tediousdemise 5y ago
Next week’s headline: Aspirin raises cancer risk by 20%
- tediousdemise 5y agoI thought I was joking… https://www.healthline.com/health-news/a-low-dose-aspirin-daily-use-could-increase-cancer-risk-for-seniors https://www.healthline.com/health-news/a-low-dose-aspirin-da...
- jhloa2 5y agoThis is a perfect example of why our current media feels so exhausting. There's so many conflicting viewpoints and studies that all seem reasonable.
- shadilay 5y agoWith a low enough sample size anything can be true.
- athenot 5y agoIt's exhausting because the stories exaggerate the findings. Most everything in science is nuanced. Small sample, preliminary finding, caveats, unclear results… Really, this is more of an issue with modern storytelling which is often motivated to be sensational, or at least to present a relatable story.
- giantg2 5y agoOr in this case a meta study. It's hard to say how meaningful the results are because the purposes and methods of the underlying studies, meaning it's not likely they were designed to control for other factors that would impact what this study was looking at.
- anoncake 5y ago0.8*1.2 = 0.96, so that's a net 4% decrease in deaths :)
- csunbird 5y agoCancer causes cell phones, by xkcd https://xkcd.com/925/ https://xkcd.com/925/ Correlation != Causation :)
- JohnWhigham 5y agoThey do have a noticeable impact on sperm count though. That's enough of a reason not to have one, or at least not carry it in one's pockets. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074720/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074720/
- toast0 5y agoIf this is significant, then maybe one should refrain from keeping a phone near testicles for a month or two before using those testicles for procreation. Otherwise, not terribly relevant to behavior.
- whyrelevant 5y agohttps://kill-or-cure.herokuapp.com/ https://kill-or-cure.herokuapp.com/