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Aspirin Story

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People have known since [ancient:recent] times that aspirin can reduce [pain:paint] and high body temperature. But that is not all the drug can do. It has gained important new uses in recent years. Low amounts may help prevent [health:wealth] threats from [stroke:disease] to heart attack. Recently, researchers reported that aspirin could help patients with one kind of [cancer:infection] live longer. At the same time, doctors [warn:want] that acid in aspirin can cause bleeding in the stomach and intestines.

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People have known since ancient times that aspirin can reduce pain and high body temperature. But that is not all the drug can do. It has gained important new uses in recent years. Low amounts may help prevent health threats from stroke to heart attack. Recently, researchers reported that aspirin could help patients with one kind of cancer live longer. At the same time, doctors warn that acid in aspirin can cause bleeding in the stomach and intestines.
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