Skin Cancer and painkillers

Taking popular painkillers may lower the risk for skin cancer.

Researchers studied nearly 20,000 skin cancer patients, and compared their medical records to those of 180,000 adults without the disease.

They found patients who filled at least two prescriptions for n-saids, which include aspirin, ibubrofen and naproxen, were less likely to develop squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma.

Past studies have also shown n-saids can lower the risk for other forms of cancer.