News Alert: Advil Linked to Breast Cancer Prevention
Posted Oct 09 2008 12:00am
Advil Linked to Breast Cancer Prevention
by Mallory Creveling, beat blogger
Taking medicines like Advil can reduce your risk of breast cancer, according to a study analysis conducted by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The researchers involved in this analysis reviewed 38 studies published from January 1966 to July 2008. Researchers identified more than 2.7 million subjects involved in the studies, making this the largest analysis of its kind. Though several studies had conflicting information, the overall outcome demonstrated that nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as aspirin and ibuprofen (Advil), were associated with reduced risk of cancer.
An analysis of aspirin alone yielded a 13 percent reduction risk, while the ibuprofen produced a 21 percent reduction risk, according to a Medical News Today. “The results are encouraging and may help us better understand the importance of role of inflammation in the pathology of the disease,” Mahyar Etminan says, one of the analysis’ researchers, in the Medical News Today. Etminan also states that women should not use NSAIDs routinely until researchers release another study confirming these conclusions. The results of a corresponding trial is set to release in 2009.
Mallory Creveling is a senior magazine journalism major with a minor in nutrition. Creveling, who was a fitness editorial intern at Shape magazine this past summer, plans to pursue a career in health journalism after graduation. She attributes her internship and writing and researching for on campus publications to her growing knowledge of where and how to research health topics more sufficiently. Creveling is also a senior editor for the print version of What the Health this semester. She will update her column every Thursday with health news alerts on new studies about issues affecting the U.S. population.
Advil Linked to Breast Cancer Prevention
by Mallory Creveling, beat blogger
Taking medicines like Advil can reduce your risk of breast cancer, according to a study analysis conducted by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The researchers involved in this analysis reviewed 38 studies published from January 1966 to July 2008. Researchers identified more than 2.7 million subjects involved in the studies, making this the largest analysis of its kind. Though several studies had conflicting information, the overall outcome demonstrated that nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as aspirin and ibuprofen (Advil), were associated with reduced risk of cancer.
An analysis of aspirin alone yielded a 13 percent reduction risk, while the ibuprofen produced a 21 percent reduction risk, according to a Medical News Today. “The results are encouraging and may help us better understand the importance of role of inflammation in the pathology of the disease,” Mahyar Etminan says, one of the analysis’ researchers, in the Medical News Today. Etminan also states that women should not use NSAIDs routinely until researchers release another study confirming these conclusions. The results of a corresponding trial is set to release in 2009.
Mallory Creveling is a senior magazine journalism major with a minor in nutrition. Creveling, who was a fitness editorial intern at Shape magazine this past summer, plans to pursue a career in health journalism after graduation. She attributes her internship and writing and researching for on campus publications to her growing knowledge of where and how to research health topics more sufficiently. Creveling is also a senior editor for the print version of What the Health this semester. She will update her column every Thursday with health news alerts on new studies about issues affecting the U.S. population.
Her e-mail is mbcrevel@syr.edu.