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Audio
(60min 14sec),
11 Aug 2014:
Evolutionary biologist Armand Leroi argues that Aristotle laid the foundations of modern science. Plus, the Ebola outbreak; Rosetta's rendezvous with a comet; and taking aspirin to prevent cancer
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Video
(53 sec),
7 Aug 2014:
Sarah Williams form Cancer Research UK on new research that suggests taking aspirin daily could prevent cancer
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6 Aug 2014:
Daily pill for middle-aged could save 130,000 lives over 20 years in Britain alone, scientists suggest
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Audio
(40min 44sec),
30 Jun 2014:
The Earth is entering a new epoch shaped by human activity. Gaia Vince embarked on an epic journey to discover the fate of the planet, and what ordinary folk are doing to preserve it
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26 Jun 2014: Potential side-effects such as stomach bleeds may outweigh benefits for people without a family history of pancreatic cancer
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18 Jun 2014:
Experts at Nice say using anticoagulants, not antiplatelets like aspirin, could avert 7,000 strokes and 2,000 deaths a year
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21 Mar 2014: Paul Simons on a small tree with many useful properties – including providing the world's oldest, and most widely used, pain killer
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20 Dec 2013: Suzi Gage: Headlines claiming aspirin can treat intermittent explosive disorder are going beyond the evidence available, and might even put people at risk
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28 Jan 2013:
Originally published in the Guardian on 28 January 1988 Twenty-five years ago, a study claimed that heart problems could be avoided by taking tablets designed for mild pain relief
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Audio
(42min 10sec),
13 Aug 2012:
Science writer Philip Ball discusses Curiosity, his history of science from Newton and Galileo via magic and religious persecution to the Large Hadron Collider
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10 Aug 2012:
Overall risk of dying from cancer was reduced by 16% among people who took daily dose of aspirin when healthy
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21 Mar 2012: Editorial: evidence of the medical use of willow bark dates back at least 4,000 years, to a stone tablet found in the city of Ur in present day Iraq
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21 Mar 2012: New research findings that a daily dose of aspirin can help prevent cancer throws up all sorts of questions – here are some answers
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20 Mar 2012:
New research shows that taking daily low-dose pills for just three years can reduce your risk of cancer by about a quarter
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28 Oct 2011:
A trial suggests that people with a family history of cancer may benefit from taking daily aspirin
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