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Men Who Take Aspirin Have Significantly Lower PSA Levels

eurekalert.org — A PSA test is used widely as a method to screen men for the possibility of prostate cancer, with higher blood PSA levels suggesting a greater chance of having prostate cancer. High PSA levels can also signify benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate organ.

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  • hnazareth16, on 11/16/2008, -2/+21Thanks to my job, I take an aspirin or two a day. Who knew all the headaches they were giving me were actually making me healthier?
    • dha07030, on 11/17/2008, -0/+14Drink more water and less caffeinated beverages. Helps cut down on headaches.
      • AmaDaden, on 11/17/2008, -0/+4I can second that. It's a major part of caffeine withdrawal. Funny thing about caffeine is that while you don't feel the need to have it when you are in withdrawal. So you just get headaches and sleepiness for seemingly no reason. I recommend that anyone who has ANY caffeine read a bit about it and understand it, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine. I cut caffeine down to reasonable levels and it helped me out a lot with dealing college all nighter pain.
      • MiDri, on 11/17/2008, -0/+2But coca cola is soooooooo gooooooodddddd!!!!
      • AmaDaden, on 11/17/2008, -0/+1Hey, I still drink a lot of soda. I just know what I'm in for. For example I try to drink sprite instead of coke(caffeine free!). Also I don't have a cup of coffee every morning either. I could never figure out why people who said they NEEDED coffee in the morning thought that kind of thing was ok. Once you look around you can find lots of little places to lower the average amount of caffeine with few to zero changes to your life style.
    • rmxz, on 11/17/2008, -0/+8Who said anything about making you healthier? PSA's a symptom of prostate cancer, not the cause; so (as mentioned in the article) it's quite possible Aspirin's just making it harder to detect.

      And to the other people in this thread talking about caffeine? Are you suggesting that avoiding caffeine will have anything to do with PSA levels? Or just make you less alert?
      • Grok22, on 11/17/2008, -0/+4Cutting down on caffeine could help his headaches.
    • AndrewMoyer, on 11/17/2008, -0/+3Caffeine is an ingredient in Excedrin Migraine (about the same as a cup of coffee), included for the purpose of boosting the effectiveness of the other ingredients, Aspirin and Acetaminophen.

      http://www.drugs.com/mtm/excedrin-migraine.html

      It sure helps my killer headaches, but kills my appetite and stomach lining at the same time.
      • dha07030, on 11/17/2008, -0/+2The only reason I mentioned caffeine is because it can dehydrate you causing headaches. It is also why I mentioned drinking water.
      • rockstar1o9, on 11/17/2008, -0/+2While many migraine pain killers may contain caffeine, most over the counter asprin does not...hence why migraine medicine is labeled differently.
      • AmaDaden, on 11/17/2008, -0/+1As I understand it the dehydration is not what causes the headaches from caffeine. The issue is that caffeine shrinks the blood vessels in the brain. If you have caffeine for a long period of time your body gets used to this amount of blood to the brain so when you stop drinking caffeine suddenly (like if you use 5 energy drinks to stay up for an all nighter then have none the next day) you get a KILLER headache in about 12 or 24 hours time. I've personally found the cure is "hair of the dog that bit you" since it will shrink the blood vessels again. Basically when you feel the headache coming drink something with caffeine. Do it quick, the headaches get very painful very quickly.

        This same effect that causes headaches is why caffeine is included in many pain relievers.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine#Tolerance_an ...

        P.S. What you are talking about sounds like the reason people get hang overs from alcohol.
      • mykool, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1Two aspirin stories in one day

        http://digg.com/health/Aspirin_vs_Marijuana
    • maliath, on 11/17/2008, -0/+2Be careful with continuous use of Aspirin. It inhibits cyclooxygenase enzymes which create prostaglandins. Prostaglandins, while the cause of inflammatory reactions, also protect your stomach mucosa. Long term use of aspirin can lead to stomach ulcers.
  • DrDigg, on 11/17/2008, -0/+25"However, these data also indicate that NSAID use could affect our ability to detect prostate cancer, regardless of any reduction in prostate cancer risk.... use of these agents could be hampering our ability to detect early-stage prostate cancer through PSA screening"
    • korvan504521, on 11/17/2008, -0/+5so either it prevents cancer or it prevents us seeing the cancer.

      thats. . . kinda stupid.
  • Perk, on 11/17/2008, -0/+83This must be true. I take asprin every couple of days and I've never done a Public Service Announcement.
    • xxTazxx, on 11/17/2008, -0/+1Let me comment on this as it has the most diggs and people will inevitably think "I wonder what the reply to this comment is".
  • louiebaur, on 11/17/2008, -0/+10Aspirin has so many health benefits, knowing this gives me more incentive to take one a day.
    • shame126, on 11/17/2008, -0/+7Very true, but for some of us, aspirin can have some pretty bad side effects, like ulcers.
      • Relaxxation, on 11/17/2008, -1/+3They make special aspirin that dissolves in the intestines for just such people. It's called Ecotrin.
      • elitebmo, on 11/17/2008, -0/+2Isn't that what Slimer leaves behind?
    • zydeco, on 11/17/2008, -0/+4Read the article again. Aspirin is a *problem*, not a cure.
    • flammablewater, on 11/17/2008, -0/+2/s ?
  • MikeyBillz, on 11/17/2008, -2/+28Masturbation is another way to prevent prostate cancer....I know I'm safe....As a matter of fact, I'm rubbing one out right now....
  • Photar, on 11/17/2008, -2/+2Attention! I've never taken asprin and I've never made a PSA
  • leerayIG88, on 11/17/2008, -2/+2Once I got a headache then I got sick so I went to bed and my headache was gone....i'm safe for another day.
  • lolipop99, on 11/17/2008, -3/+9I never take aspirin! I have been doing PSA's all day!!
    btw
    "Be cool, stay in school!"
  • ASfinkterSezWut, on 11/17/2008, -3/+4MMMkay... but I still don't see the link between Aspirin and Public Service Announcements...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_service_announ ... - I looked here and found nothing about aspirin!
  • Zippo, on 11/17/2008, -0/+2I prefer the more natural method to helping prevent prostate cancer... a good, regular session of kitten killing... if you know what I mean.

    Edit: MikeyBillz was far less subtle.
    • palehorse864, on 11/17/2008, -0/+1And that's not a euphemism folks. That's actually how Zippo does for fun. MikeyBillz too, though Mikeybillz saw fit to be more subtle and use an old 30's or 40's gangster euphemism.
  • palehorse864, on 11/17/2008, -1/+23Men Who Take Aspirin Have Significantly Lower PSA Levels

    *The More You Know*
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    • BrokenVisage, on 11/17/2008, -0/+1I would've went with ~~~~~~~~~~* but that's just me.
    • flammablewater, on 11/17/2008, -0/+2dugg for shooting star ASCII
  • scottysmith, on 11/17/2008, -1/+2men who take aspirin have headaches!
  • spaceman84, on 11/17/2008, -1/+9But does it do as good a job as cannabis?
  • TremorX, on 11/17/2008, -0/+12So pop an Aspirin, and don't copy that floppy.
  • 1ncu3us, on 11/17/2008, -3/+4I find it hard to believe that we've evolved this far, only to have to take pills to stay healthy...

    Why don't we realize that we're eating unnatural, unhealthy, ***** food and stop putting ***** pills in our bodies to fix the problems our ***** food is causing?.. I'd love to see a graph showing the growth in illness over the past 60 years, beside the growth of processed, chemical ridden "food"..
    • locondcoco, on 11/17/2008, -3/+2i completely agree. i love those prescription drug commercials. your allergies may be cured, but now you have diarreah, headache, upset stomach, dizziness, high blood pressure, etc...
      • Grok22, on 11/17/2008, -3/+2and then here is another drug to cure the side effects from the previous drug.
    • RobotBuddha, on 11/17/2008, -0/+3We have to take pills to stay healthy because it's not natural for most of us to live what we now consider a normal lifespan. You can complain about it all you want, but there's a pretty good chance that if you go far enough back into your past you'll find an incident where you would have died if not for modern medicine.
  • SenorBabyMan, on 11/17/2008, -4/+4Stop relying on Drugs!!
    • kebwi, on 11/17/2008, -0/+4Go back to scientology you vitamin-chugging nut.

      [all in good fun]

      More seriously, aspirin knocks my psuedo-migraines down like nothing else I've ever tried, so I'll just keep on taking aspirin if that's okay with you. You're welcome to a migraine anytime you want.

      Cheers!
  • frequentFlyer, on 11/17/2008, -0/+0Aspirin gives me bad heartburn.
  • kweee, on 11/17/2008, -1/+1Looks like I've got about a decade's worth of aspirin to catch up on today...
  • mtyrney, on 11/17/2008, -1/+5http://digg.com/health/Aspirin_vs_Marijuana
  • TecK415, on 11/17/2008, -3/+2both Aspirin and Advil have never worked for me. I've taken ten advil and it still didn't do ***** to reduce pain. I think it's mostly the placebo affect when it works for people.

    But I think almost all medication is *****. So yeah..
    • RobotBuddha, on 11/17/2008, -0/+1"I think it's mostly the placebo affect"

      Good theory except for all the double blind testing it received.
    • TecK415, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1I'm sure it helps a little, but not enough to notice, atleast for me.
  • bucketbeats, on 11/17/2008, -1/+3I call BS.... Propaganda paid for by the drug companies... who saw the post about MARIJUANA and how Assprin kills and herb doesn't!
  • catalysis, on 11/17/2008, -2/+8Marijuana gives you a prostate of steel.
  • flammablewater, on 11/17/2008, -1/+2This is a reactionary post. I smell a lobbyist.
  • Ne007, on 11/17/2008, -0/+2So the moral of the story is to stay off Aspirin for weeks before you have a PSA test (after consulting with your doctor of course), otherwise the Aspirin may give you a false negative (which would mean that you could have prostate cancer without it showing up on your test)..

    The same goes for Propecia and finasteride.

    This is not saying Aspirin wards off prostate cancer, it just states it lowers PSA levels....and high PSA levels is what helps detect prostate cancer.
  • davidkeithjones, on 11/17/2008, -1/+3If you are so worried about your health you should exercise more and eat better, that helps cut down on so many issues. Munching pills will do little when you still have a ***** lifestyle.
  • DrummerAndrew, on 11/17/2008, -0/+2I still think marijuana does a better job of curing my headaches quicker and safer.
  • kebinusan, on 11/17/2008, -0/+1Is this national get pot articles on Digg day or something?
  • Arachnivore, on 11/18/2008, -0/+0What ever happened to spelling out an acronym before using it?
  • mistertrogdor, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1Marijuana vs. Pharmaceuticals dicohtomy emerging?
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