If you read Preston Estep’s mindspan, this is a good thing
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The list of all compounds tested by the ITP and in progress is on the ITP website at Supported Interventions | National Institute on Aging. To date, six compounds have shown significant extension of lifespan:
Aspirin – males only (Strong et al., 2008);
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I thought there was recent evidence showing long term use has a risk of heart failure.
Anemia may not be a bad thing as far as aging is concerned ?
Apologies if I haven’t done the link properly
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The amount of evidence showing aspirin reduces risk of cancer is pretty substantial.
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/abs/10.7326/M23-0675?journalCode=aim
Anemia incidence in the aspirin and placebo groups was 51.2 events and 42.9 events per 1000 person-years, respectively (hazard ratio, 1.20 [95% CI, 1.12 to 1.29]).
Eight more incidences of anemia per 1000 person/years.
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I don’t like it because it is a Cox-1 inhibitor. It therefore reduces melatonin levels and disrupts sleep.
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