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...more doctors learn about aspirin, the more impressed they are with what it can do. Not only does this cheap, century-old drug (derived originally from the bark of the willow tree) relieve pain and ward off heart attacks, but now there is also strong evidence that it is one of the few compounds that offer real protection against colon cancer, the second leading cause of death from cancer in the U.S. The results of two studies published in last week's New England Journal of Medicine clearly show that taking aspirin every day--in low or high doses--reduces...
...studied supplements, is that it is hard to know exactly how many people use ephedra, which would tell doctors whether 1,500 is a significant portion. The ephedra industry says it is being unfairly targeted. "More than 16,000 deaths each year occur from the use of aspirin and similar drugs," says Wes Siegner, spokesman for a trade group called the Ephedra Education Council. "Yet no one proposes banning aspirin...
...preliminary research has yielded some tantalizing clues. When serotonin circulates in the bloodstream, for example, it appears to make platelets less sticky and thus less likely to clump together in artery-blocking blood clots. For years, heart-attack survivors have been advised to take a children's aspirin daily for clot prevention; such drugs as Prozac, which keep serotonin in circulation, seem to have a similar effect...
...ASPIRIN For a little white pill that costs pennies, aspirin may be the closest thing we will ever find to a wonder drug. Not only does it relieve headaches, ease the pain of arthritis and thin the blood to ward off strokes and heart attacks, but as we learned last year, it may also protect against cancers of the pancreas, colon and prostate and even forestall Alzheimer's disease. Unfortunately, we also learned that aspirin isn't a wonder drug for everyone: some 30% of Americans are aspirin resistant and may need either higher doses or a different drug altogether...
...German conglomerate Bayer announced late last year that it is seeking a majority partner for its drug business, speculation swirled that a rival pharmaceutical giant would snap it up. Bayer seemed attractive not for its illustrious past (the company launched the modern pharmaceutical industry with its 1897 invention of aspirin) or high-volume present (it has annual pharma revenues of j4.8 billion), but for its future: the company has a sexual-potency drug, Levitra, ready to come on the market this year, which is touted as the next Viagra. The prize is almost certainly worth billions in sales. But with...