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Re:Aspirin could cut risk of death in cancer patients by 20% by athenot on Friday July 02, 2021 @01:38PM (#27714437)
It's exhausting because the stories exaggerate the findings. Most everything in science is nuanced. Small sample, preliminary finding, caveats, unclear results…

Really, this is more of an issue with modern storytelling which is often motivated to be sensational, or at least to present a relatable story.

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Re:Aspirin could cut risk of death in cancer patients by 20% by giantg2 on Friday July 02, 2021 @01:49PM (#27714550)
Or in this case a meta study. It's hard to say how meaningful the results are because the purposes and methods of the underlying studies, meaning it's not likely they were designed to control for other factors that would impact what this study was looking at.
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