Sunday, September 16, 2018

Lily Philips- Aspirin May do More Harm than Good

       For years, there has been a debate about whether older people taking Aspirin at a low-dose actually prevents heart attacks, cancer, strokes, and dementia. From recent studies, the results have actually surprised scientists. Instead of helping, it increased the number of deaths due to cancer, according to  the study of 19,000 people, 65 years or older. This confused researchers because from previous studies, it showed that Aspirin lowered chances of colorectal cancer. On top of that, it proved to increase bleeding of digestive tract, brain, and other sites. In conclusion, it is advised that healthy older individuals should not take Aspirin as a preventative measure. 

       The article is written by Denise Grady and published by the New York Times, a reliable source of information and news. It is relevant to the health of adults in today's age as well as for future generations. This can relate to United States history because this has been proven to harm people, so the death rate of our country would increase due to adults taking Aspirin as a prevention of these diseases. The audience of this article are older adults around 60-65+, and the author wishes to inform them of another side to this debate. She want to make all older people aware of the possible effects of this "solution".

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/health/aspirin-older-people-heart-attacks.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront
 

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5 comments:

  1. Nathan NavejasSeptember 16, 2018 at 7:00 PM

    There has a lot of controversy about the benefits and effects of Aspirin and we need to just put enough research in it so we know for sure what it can truly do to us.

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  2. Eryn FaysonSeptember 16, 2018 at 8:43 PM

    It's crazy how medicine that is supposed to help you feel better do the opposite. I am glad they are coming out with this article so we can warn older people that do not know.

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  3. UnknownSeptember 16, 2018 at 11:23 PM

    Chloe Meinershagen - This is very surprising to me considering I take asprin at least once every so often for a headache. This is honestly pretty scary, especially because Cancer is an extremely sensitive and chilling subject in our current lives.

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    1. BookerTStudentSeptember 18, 2018 at 7:39 PM

      This article addresses the use of Aspirin as a preventative for heart attacks, strokes, dementia, and cancer by older adults 65 or older. It talked about the benefits and risks to people taking it daily to reduce their chances of getting these diseases. It did not mention taking it for other purposes like headaches or fevers as being harmful to our health. Lily Philips

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  4. Samuel MartinSeptember 17, 2018 at 5:36 PM

    This is frightening because the general population thinks that medicines like Aspirin are just fine, but they could actually be causing serious long term effects that could be very detrimental to our health. Overall, a very well written post!

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