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Aspirin

the remarkable story of a wonder drug

by Diarmuid Jeffreys · first published 2004

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  • Create · Dec 21, 2011 · Mentions

    An accurate description of the pharma industry (been there, seen it): Jeffreys, Diarmuid (August 11, 2005). Aspirin: The Remarkable Story of a Wonder Drug. Bloomsbury USA. p. 73. ISBN 1582346003. But there is an idea in the article, which does seem to be true: most of our current problems are industrial-technology…

    on “Why Science is Failing Us” ↗
  • nonbel · May 5, 2017 · Mentions

    There are some interesting theories about aspirin. For example that it was Rasputin's secret healing trick to tell people to stop taking it: "Gilliard,[32] the French historian Hélène Carrère d'Encausse[33] and Diarmuid Jeffreys, a journalist, speculated…

    on “Aspirin May Prevent Cancer from Spreading, New Research Shows” ↗

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