Aspirin risks outweigh benefits for many

Do you take a daily aspirin to ward off those potential, cancerous maladies that aspirin can apparently "ward off"? Well, a panel of U.S. experts said this week that the risks of aspirin -- including stomach bleeding -- outweigh its potential benefits in preventing colon cancer.

The study concluded that in people who have just an average risk of cancer, aspirin may do worse in its detriments than it can to help prevent that certain type or colon cancer (widely seen as the most deadly cancer type).

Moral of the story (or study): if you don't have any reason to believe you may be predisposed to colon cancer, there is no reason for that daily aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to try to prevent it.