A DAILY PILL MAY PREVENT CANCER

A pill in your medicine cabinet might be a powerful cancer fighter. In an analysis of four large studies, people who took a daily low- dose aspirin cut their risk of dying of colon cancer by as much as  as 35 percent. And that's not the only common drug that might offer this bonus. A couple of preliminary trails suggested that diabetes drug metformin may protect against lung and colon cancers.

Both drug reduce inflammation, says Susan Love, MD - and inflammation egg on cancer growth, "We always think we have to kill every cancer cell," Dr Love says. "But if you can keep them asleep, who cares?"
It's too soon to start  pooping  either of these pills in hopes of preventing cancer, since both can have serious side effects. But if you're already taking them for other reasons, you may be doing yourself a lifesaving favour.