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Cancer: take two aspirin and ....(Brief Article)
According to a study published in the August 2003 issue of the journal Nature, aspirin could be used to treat certain types of cancer. The research adds to growing evidence that the humble painkiller--which is more than 100 years old--can be used to fight a wide range of diseases.
Scientists now believe aspirin call fight a rare form of skin cancer--turban tumor syndrome, which causes tumors to grow out of the scalp and other hairy parts of the body--and some breast cancers. The drug can help reduce inflammation in the body, the underlying cause of some of these cancers.
Back around the fifth century BC, Hippocrates used a bitter powder obtained from willow bark to ease aches and pains and to reduce fever.
The willow bark contained salicin, the pharmacological ...
- Willow bark: A high potency extract for pain management. (Phytotherapy Review &...
- Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients Bone, Kerry Morgan, Michelle May 1, 2002 700+ words
...articles seem to regard willow bark as a kind of herbal aspirin. But there are important...salicylate compounds in willow bark and aspirin, as can be seen from...the differing actions of willow bark and aspirin, 35 patients were given...
- White willow bark is a gentle, effective pain-reliever
- Magazine article from: Better Nutrition Gormley, James J March 1, 1996 700+ words
...typically point to aspirin as being stronger than willow bark On its raw form...properties of willow bark expressed more...effectively, than aspirin Because of the...salicylate (aspirin) itself were...Tyler adds. But willow bark most certainly...
- Willow bark extract (Salicis cortex) for gonarthrosis and coxarthrosis-results...
- Magazine article from: Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology Beer, A.-M. Wegener, T. November 1, 2008 700+ words
...of the effectiveness and tolerance of willow bark extract in patients with gonarthrosis...patients were treated with a standardised willow bark extract preparation, 41 patients with...Results: A total of 88 patients in the willow bark group and 40 patients in the reference...
- Willow bark versus NSAID.(Phytotherapy Review & Commentary)
- Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients Bone, Kerry August 1, 2005 700+ words
...interesting to find that standardized willow bark compared well with a conventional treatment...efficacy and tolerance of standardized willow bark extract was compared with diclofenac...150 mg/day of diclofenac sodium or willow bark extract in two different doses (corresponding...
- Efficacy and tolerability of a standardized willow bark extract in patients...
- Magazine article from: Alternative Medicine Review October 1, 2001 700+ words
...efficacy of a chemically standardized willow bark extract in the treatment of osteoarthritis. Willow bark extract, in a dose corresponding to...investigators. A total of 78 patients (39 willow bark extract, 39 placebo) participated...
- Treatment of Low Back Pain Exacerbations with Willow Bark Extract.
- Magazine article from: Internal Medicine Alert Kuritzky, Louis September 15, 2000 700+ words
SALICIN, A PRODRUG FOR SALICYLATE, appears to be the primary active ingredient of willow bark extract (WBE). It has been used to treat fever, rheumatologic symptoms, headache, and other pain. European data about optimum...
- Aspirin: history and applications; Cross-curricular instructional strategies,...
- Magazine article from: The Science Teacher Hademenos, George November 1, 2005 700+ words
...subjects. History The history of aspirin is just as fascinating as its...earliest documented uses of aspirin can be traced back to about...and the active ingredient of aspirin. The bark from the willow...the therapeutic effects of willow bark (Stone 1763). In the 19th...
- An Apple a Day, not an Aspirin
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Catherine O'Neill September 13, 1988 700+ words
...are sold each year. Aspirin is an effective painkiller...in ancient Greece used willow bark to make a tea to relieve...many American Indians. Willow bark contains a chemical called...acid-better known as aspirin. Doctors aren't completely...
