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- Jo9100, on 10/12/2007, -6/+26and too much aspirin can cause too much aspirin
- real2, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17Too much asprin can beat a dead horse.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Look kids! It's the digg cure for cancer/HIV/diabetes of the day!
- armbar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Also, too much aspirin actually can cause cancer.
- armbar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9The medical community uses "clots", because "clogs" would lead you to believe that someone had carven wooden shoes in their bloodstream. You really have to watch out for that.
- JimMessenger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Just remember, too much aspirin actually can cause headaches. (According to my cardiologist)
- scottfarner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7There must be some fundamental flaw in the research design/methadology. A claim of this magnitude would likely make it into a respectable peer-reviewed journal (e.g. Science, Nature, etc...).
- Rocka89, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11Everyone knows the one true cure for cancer, Chuck Norris' tears. Too bad he never cries.
- kuribo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Um, isn't the term "clotting"? I guess a vein could be clogged, but the blood itself clots (and I doubt clogging is a term used in the medical community). I don't know how much I'd trust this source.
- bmartin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The title's a bit misleading. The article claims that aspirin can stop the spread of the disease, which in effect can help to control and eliminate the disease. The aspirin itself is not the cure.
- scottfarner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The AMA does not have any jurisdiction over what drugs come to market and for what purpose. And despite your crackpot conspiracy theory that they would not let allow the "cure or treatment of a disease that has plagued mankind for centuries with a tablet that costs less than three cents," you should be informed that aspirin IS USED as a mainstay of treatment of acute heart attacks, rheumatoid arthritis, and several other "inflammatory" conditions as well as to help prevent heart attacks and strokes, diseases that have plagued mankind for centuries, even though there are prescription drugs available that perform a similar functions but cost a whole lot more.
Before you go making assertions that all pharm cos. and doctors are evil and money hungry, please learn your facts. While I agree that Pharm cos. aren't always looking out for the consumer (bottom line is always #1 for any business), you should know that pharm companies spend billions (yes billions) of dollars on any given drug before it hits the market. If you expect them to just give it away (which they do, or sell at a discounted rate to the people who have no other means of paying for them) than you are a fool. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Can it cure cancer? Maybe. But will it blend?
- turpenine, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6too much aspirin can cause stomach ulcers.
- GamingNews, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Cause headaches? Heck, too much aspirin will kill you. It only takes 60 or so for the average person (depending on weight), less than what is in the average bottle sold in the US.
- andyrobo60, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5There is already a cure for cancer its called cyanide. If you take it there is almost a 100% change that cancer will NEVER kill you.
side effects may include a sight case of death. - scottfarner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4There is a well established relationship on aspirin use and decreased rates of colorectal cancer. That is not equivalent to saying aspirin halts the growth of tumors and prevents their metastasis in vivo, as this article suggests ("This research has established that the old drug Aspirin can help prevent cancer from spreading. The drug reduces blood veins that supply blood to the tumour, thus "suffocating" it and preventing its growths. This effect slows the disease and can even eliminate it.").
I don't know if the article is just a result of poor journalism or flawed research.
P.S. Veins don't supply blood to the tumor... - VyPR, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Aw, great. They've run out of things to write about that "might" cause cancer, so now I guess they're moving on to write about things that "might" cure it.
- airship, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Ah, aspirin. Is there anything it can't do?
- bmartin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3A vein could clog due to cholesterol buildup, sickle-cell anemia, etc. Clotting involves platelets and is a different concept altogether. http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/Clotting.html
- kuribo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@bmartin
Right, other things can cause blockage or clogging in a vein or artery ("clog" still sounds odd to me, like you're talking to a plumber and not a doctor, but I guess it applies). But aspirin reduces the blood's clotting factor, so I'd think that it's the wrong term to be used in the article. Aspirin certainly doesn't cure sickle-cell anemia or reduce cholesterol (that I know of; maybe that'll be on digg tomorrow). - AnarchyIsOrder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Still being studied but the results look somewhat promising. Thousands of studies at http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=aspirin+cancer+cure&btnG=Search
I think the study the article is talking about is this one http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/abstract/20/12/2009 - BuddhaChu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Cancer patients are told to not take aspirin in any form due to their platelet counts being reduced. If they get cut, they usually bleed longer than normal before the cut clots. The researchers in the piece applied aspirin to the specific area in question. What happens when you get that aspirin in your blood supply with reduced platelet count? Doesn't sound healthy to me. How would they target the aspirin against specific blood vessels leading to the tumor anyways? I don't think that's possible. They might as well remove the tumor if they can or severe/cauterize the blood vessels leading to/from the tumor.
I'm doing chemotherapy right now so call me an expert on the subject. - AllnightChemist, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Digg: Can it cure stupidity?
Apparently not. - scottfarner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2not all cancer patients have decreased levels of platelets. Many cancer patients are in what is called a hypercoagulable state, and are prescribed aspirin therapy when appropriate.
Point of clarification. Are you on chemo now or studying it? And which of the two makes you an Expert? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Aspirin toxicity can lead to ringing in the ears(tinitus), headaches, severe fevers, acidosis and death. Aspirin long term use can lead to gastritis, bleeds and ulcers. However it has great benefits at decreasing heart attack risk and possible colon cancer effects. This study is in the early stages and may hold some possibility so if you're using it, continue but don't start unless you talk to your doc.
- printenv, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3To much aspirin can.....doh
- harusp3x, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Our top news story: Aspirin - Can it cure cancer?.. No, no it cannot.
Now for the weather. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Yes it can! Take 60 or so and you won't feel the cancer anymore. You may not feel anything, but at least you won't feel the cancer.
- ABadInAlbany, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Bad grammar, poor Capitalization. Piss poor piece of "medical journalism." Buried.
- howski, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"Aspirin - can it cure cancer?"
No. Next? - 3dprototype, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Aspirin, made with salicylic acid, can remove corns and warts.
- czeman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Maybe I should take 2 aspirin per pack of cigarettes. lol
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh wow, conspiracy nuts. So lets see Aspirin is used for stroke prevention, heart attacks, arthiritis treatment. Speaking of old drugs, we still use Penicillin and good old tylenol and ibuprofen(motrin) is still the most prescribed pain killers.
- scottfarner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The article (should you choose to read it) is about the anti-angiogenic (anti-new blood vessel formation) properties of aspirin, not the anti-platelet (blood thinning) properties.
Heparin is not a "stronger" chemical than warfarin, or aspirin for that matter, it is merely another "blood thining" agent and all work through a separate pathways, so direct comparison is not appropriate.
Warfarin is a known carcinogen, but then again so are many chemotherapeutic agents. - scottfarner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Arteries clog due to cholesterol and sickle cell anemia. Veins do not clog as a result of the two mentioned processes.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Its a bad article. If you think this grammar is bad, you obviously don't read medical journals.
- Jack9, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1if all that was required to kill cancer is thinning the blood, then sodium warafin (YEAH THAT RAT POISON THEY PUT IN CIGARETTES) which I have to take because of a heart valve implant, or the stronger chemical heparin...would be used in treatment. They aren't because the effects dont help with cancer and interfere with cancer treatments. More BS.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1It will kill you. So its not funny.
- harusp3x, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1BuddhaChu: "I'm doing chemotherapy right now so call me an expert on the subject."
No thanks. - parkernicky50, on 05/04/2008, -0/+0Nice Post
- adambendov, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0not sure about the aspirin, but the website is nice !!
does any one know it? - stamstar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I just dont take asprin.
I dont have headaches or cancer. Somebody told me it does work for Heartaches! - BryanJK, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2You judge something by it's grammar? It's the meaning that matters...
- d3dm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Aspirin is one of the most widely available and inexpensive drugs on this planet.
Do you really think the pharmaceutical companies and the American Medical Association are going to allow the magic cure or treatment of a disease that has plagued mankind for centuries with a tablet that costs less than three cents? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0Really, even if aspirin was discovered to have some positive effect on cancer cells, it would immediately be label as a dangerous substance and be taken off the market. It would then be a crime to claim aspirin could help people with cancer. The governmnet would never let a cancer cure become easily available.
- Djmc, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2Shut it, infidel
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2The Only Cure For Cancer is Allah
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