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The study showed foods with 'resistant starch' like cereal and beans reduced some cancers by more than half

A remarkable cancer prevention study has shown eating certain starchy foods every day reduced the cancer risk in a highly-vulnerable group of patients.

A long-term international research project studied the effect of taking resistant starch, which is also found in oats, cereal, beans and cold pasta.

When you take aspirin for a headache, how does the aspirin know to travel to your head and alleviate the pain? The short answer is, they don’t.

When you take aspirin for a headache, how does the aspirin know to travel to your head and alleviate the pain?

You should consult a doctor before using this method to prevent a stroke

Though aspirin can be purchased over the counter as a painkiller, you should consult with your doctor before taking it to prevent stroke.

More than 100,000 people experience a stroke in the UK each year, with over a third of those strokes being fatal. A long-term study of thousands of aspirin users found that taking the life-saving medication at the right time of day can reduce the risk of a stroke by half.

Forget back alleys and coat hangers. Self-managed abortions can be ‘safer than aspirin’, research says

This might be a tough pill to swallow.