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If there's a marked decrease in cancer, associated with a mild increase in gastro-whatever bleeding, then it's probably a good trade-off.
by Florin_Andrei 15y ago
If there's a marked decrease in cancer, associated with a mild increase in gastro-whatever bleeding, then it's probably a good trade-off.
- aespinoza 15y agoIf it is mild, it might. I don't know if everybody is willing to take that trade-off. It seems like fixing one problem with another problem.
- Florin_Andrei 15y agoIt's funny, though, how everyone already takes similar trade-offs all the time. E.g., we're trading a high risk of dying a violent death at the hands (or claws) of enemies and predators (life in the primeval savanna) for a lower risk of dying of obesity, diabetes, and so on (modern "civilized" life).
- philwelch 15y agoNo one's making that choice, it just kind of happened.
- nknight 15y agoThat bleeding can cause other problems like anemia, and aspirin can also cause ulcers, which besides the discomfort, can become a serious medical emergency. This is truly a balancing act, and we really don't know enough to balance it for generally-healthy people at large.
- cpeterso 15y agoWhat if the gastrointestinal bleeding is the cause of the decrease in cancer?