Regular Aspirin Use Linked to Increased Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

 

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'Regular aspirin use appears to be associated with an increased risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is a leading cause of blindness in older people, and it appears to be independent of a history of cardiovascular disease and smoking, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine.'

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The Serious Side Effects of Aspirin: Beyond Itching, Irritation, and Nausea

'About 500,000 pounds of the active chemical ingredient in Aspirin was produced in the United States in 1998 alone, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Since that time, production and use has only grown. Millions use the tiny white pills for pain reduction and heart attack prevention. But, how many know the risks they are taking? How many people know the side effects of aspirin – those that go beyond minor itching or nausea?'


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Ibuprofen Kills More Than Pain, So What Is The Alternative?

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'Pain and unhealthy levels of inflammation are fast becoming default bodily states in the industrialized world. While in most cases we can adjust the underlying pro-inflammatory conditions by altering our diet, and reducing stress and environmental chemical exposures, these approaches take time, discipline and energy, and sometimes we just want the pain to stop now.'

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Daily Aspirin Linked to Vision Loss by Len Saputo, MD

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More bad press for mainstream darling low-dose aspirin

'It's touted as a little daily miracle--the mainstream has long
celebrated aspirin as a magic potion for warding off heart attack and
death in people with cardiovascular disease. Of course, we know better than that. 



For years now, aspirin has been linked to a slew of health problems including fertility problems in the next generation and hearing problems. Then there's the bleeding. Most recently, I told you about more research into the link between aspirin and stomach bleeding.'





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Aspirin Helpful or Hazardous?

'Aspirin, one of the first drugs to come into common usage, is probably the most widely used drug in the world. Approximately 35,000 metric tons are produced and consumed each year, enough to make over 100 billion standard aspirin tablets. Each year over 60 billion aspirin tablets are taken worldwide, with Americans consuming 34 billion of them. Right now over 50 million Americans take aspirin to prevent heart disease. At this point the question becomes: Is all this aspirin really helping, or it is actually causing harm?'

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Aspirin: A loaded Gun for Your Heart and Brain

By Dr. William Campbell Douglass

'The drug companies want you to think of aspirin as a magic bullet for your heart. Oh, it's a bullet all right -- and it's definitely aimed at your ticker.

One of the most irritatingly persistent myths in modern medicine is the downright insane notion that daily aspirin can help your heart. So I can't tell you how it lifts my own heart to see this one finally crumbling.

Even the Wall Street Journal is giving aspirin therapy the kiss of death. A recent story with the headline "The Danger of Daily Aspirin" began with this sentence: "If you're taking a daily aspirin for your heart, you may want to reconsider."'


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