Dr. Rhonda Patrick on Science

To add fuel to the fire... A large randomized controlled trial (19K people) found older adults taking 100 mg of daily aspirin were more likely to be diagnosed with advanced, metastatic cancers & more likely to die from cancer than those taking a placebo. t.co

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