Miracle Drug? Aspirin Could Help Treat Colon Cancer, Study Shows

Miracle drug? Aspirin could help treat colon cancer, study shows

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NEW YORK — Aspirin, one of the world's oldest and cheapest drugs, has shown remarkable promise in treating colon cancer in people with mutations in a gene that's thought to play a role in the disease. Among patients with the mutations, those who …
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New York News | NYC Breaking NewsColo., Wash. await federal response to pot …

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DENVER (AP) – Should marijuana be treated like alcohol? Or should it remain in the same legal category as heroin and the most dangerous drugs? Votes this week by Colorado and Washington to allow adult marijuana possession have prompted what could …
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Cancer drug helps MS patients, trials show

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A drug initially developed to treat some types of cancer now appears to help people suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS), a study said Thursday. The drug, alemtuzumab, proved effective in patient trials at reducing relapses — a key feature of MS …
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