Aspirin, the common painkiller already proven effective in reducing the risk of heart disease, may also help lower skin cancer risk according to Australian researchers.
A study of 273 people at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research found that regularly taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin could increase protection against skin cancer and sunspots.
Lead researcher David Whiteman said there was a significant difference in people who used aspirin.
"We found that people who used aspirin or non-steroidal drugs regularly - and that is two or more times a week, for at least five years - had a 63 percent reduced risk of squamous cell cancers of the skin."
A smaller analysis found people who took aspirin eight or more times a week for at least a year had a 90 percent reduction in risk.
Aspirin was also found to decrease the number of sunspots.
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I may start taking some aspirin, mainly to reduce sunspots.
