Researchers from the Medical College of Chicago said that aspirin increases the risk of skin cancer in men. According to the lead author, Associate Professor of Dermatology Beatrice Nardone, the effect occurs when the medicine is taken daily.. The results of the study were published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology..

Doctors often recommend that people take a small dose of aspirin every day.. It can prevent heart attacks and strokes and reduce the risk of breast, prostate, colon, and stomach cancer.. However, according to experts from the Medical College of Chicago, aspirin is not a panacea.. It only raises the risk of skin cancer in men, according to VistaNews..

The experts compared the medical records of almost 200,000 volunteers who either took aspirin daily or did not use it between January 2005 and December 2006.. Age of patients - from 18 to 89 years. Before the designated period, skin cancer was not detected in them.. In the future, experts traced whether the condition of the volunteers has changed in another 5 years.

Approximately 2% of those who took aspirin were diagnosed with melanoma. Most of them were men. Experts explain this by saying that women have more specific protective enzymes that ward off skin cancer.. They emphasize that men do not need to stop aspirin altogether, but should be screened more frequently for melanoma..

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