Separating a cancer prevention drug from heart disease risk

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 11:01 in Health & Medicine

Several clinical studies have shown that taking the anti-inflammatory drug celecoxib can reduce the risk of developing polyps that lead to colon cancers, at the cost of increasing the risk of heart disease. But what if this tradeoff was not necessary?

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