An aspirin a day : the wonder drug that could save your life

An essential guide to the lifesaving wonder drug that can be found in every medicine cabinet Based on up-to-the-minute research, this groundbreaking book reveals how aspirin can discernibly reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, cancer, and dementia. Sharing the results of recent studies which prove that aspirin can protect against some of the worst known diseases, it explains how readers can benefit from taking even a small dose daily. As well as giving critical guidance on the pros and cons of the drug, it also sets out the many ways in which it can maintain health, looking at current research about its effects on diabetes, deep-vein thrombosis, depression, and much more. It offers advice on what to ask the doctor before adopting an aspirin regime, and outlines the possible side effects. Comprehensive and informative, this fascinating book is essential reading for everyone, explaining how an inexpensive and readily available drug can prove invaluable to good health. Aspirin has been used as a common, household painkiller for over a hundred years. However, many of its greater, recently discovered health benefits remain unknown by the general public. In December 2010, a new study proved that taking a small daily dose of aspirin cut overall cancer deaths by at least a fifth. In 'An Aspirin A Day', Dr Keith Souter examines the results of this and countless other studies which prove that aspirin is indeed a wonder drug which can protect against some of our worst known diseases, setting out how you too can benefit from taking even a small dose daily. Fully responsible, this book also gives advice on what to ask your doctor before adopting an aspirin regime, and outlines the possible side effects. Comprehensive and informative, this fascinating book is essential reading for everyone, teaching how this cheap and readily available drug can protect you too. Aspirin : the highlights Aspirin : the wonder drug? The history of aspirin How aspirin works Pain, fever, and inflammation The heart and circulation Strokes Arteries, veins, and aspirin in pregnancy Aspirin and dementia Cancer : a short overview Colorectal cancer Cancer of the lung Breast cancer Cancer of the prostate Aspirin in diabetes Depression The skin Unusual uses of aspirin Aspirin : side effects and precautions Aspirin reflections. Aspirin has been used as a common, household painkiller for over a hundred years. This title examines the results of the countless studies which prove that aspirin is indeed a wonder drug which can protect against some of our worst known diseases, setting out how you can benefit from taking even a small dose daily