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General Category => AN Issues => Topic started by: cathyroe on February 01, 2014, 11:51:16 am

Title: Aspirin study at Harvard Med school
Post by: cathyroe on February 01, 2014, 11:51:16 am

HI everyone,
Have you seen this? It is a new study out of Harvard medical school involving aspirin in stopping the growth of ANs.
What do you think? I wonder how much aspirin it takes? It sounds pretty darn hopeful to me!

http://hms.harvard.edu/news/arrested-development-1-27-14

Cathy

Title: Re: Aspirin study at Harvard Med school
Post by: arizonajack on February 01, 2014, 11:53:53 am

Yes, we've seen it.

 ::)

http://www.anausa.org/smf/index.php?topic=19637.msg979759266#msg979759266

Title: Re: Aspirin study at Harvard Med school
Post by: joanna_an on February 11, 2014, 12:33:48 am

Hi,

I was curious as well so I did more research.. Have a read here:

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/819965

The Dr thinks that the results are not good enough to start recommending aspirin intake, so no luck here :(

Title: Re: Aspirin study at Harvard Med school
Post by: arizonajack on February 11, 2014, 10:54:36 am

Doctors start recommending daily aspirin when people are in there 50s or 60s to reduce the chance of heart disease, especially if there is a family history of heart disease.

I've been taking the low dose aspirin since 2006 when I was 60 and I was diagnosed with AN in 2012.

I've also read that taking ibuprofen regularly may prevent Alzheimer's. I take ibuprofen regularly for a little arthritis pain.

Uh, where am I?

 ::)


I know, terrible joke. Couldn't help myself.

Title: Re: Aspirin study at Harvard Med school
Post by: joanna_an on February 11, 2014, 05:49:46 pm

Haha having Alzheimer's wouldn't be so bad.. At least you forget you have a tumor in your head..

Title: Re: Aspirin study at Harvard Med school
Post by: arizonajack on February 11, 2014, 09:56:43 pm

Quote from: joanna_an on February 11, 2014, 05:49:46 pm

Haha having Alzheimer's wouldn't be so bad.. At least you forget you have a tumor in your head..

And you make new friends every day.