His successor was Dame Nancy Rothwell, who had held a chair in physiology at the university since 1994.
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Rothwell published a study earlier this year showing
an increased risk of internal bleeding in people over 75 who take aspirin regularly.
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But when Prof Rothwell's team examined how many of the participants developed and died from cancer,
they found this was also related to aspirin use.
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Professor Peter Rothwell of Oxford University says that by the age of 70,
if you have not had a heart attack, then this medication really has fewer benefits.