An aspirin a day…. and wash it down with your favorite alcoholic beverage, on the path to healthiness. Non aspirin NSAIDs had a similar positive effect on chronic liver disease, but not liver cancer. Anyone have any thoughts on why that was? ~ Ilene
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, especially aspirin, may help prevent serious liver problems, a large observational study suggested.
Aspirin users were 41% less likely to develop hepatocellular carcinoma and 45% less likely to die from chronic liver disease than non-users, both statistically significant differences, Vikrant V. Sahasrabuddhe, MBBS, DrPH, of the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Md., and colleagues reported.
Other NSAIDs were also associated with reduced mortality from chronic liver disease, but not with less liver cancer, among the more than 300,000 middle-age and older participants in the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study cohort.
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