Some medical news is so crazy that I just have to laugh

An excerpt below from a newspaper report of some experiments.  The report was headed: "Is Ibuprofen the key to a longer life? Study finds it may provide 12 extra years of good health".  The idea that you can generalize from yeast cells, worms and flies to   human beings is of course absurd.  Even mouse studies often don't generalize to people.  Human beings are an unusually long-lived species so already have in their makeup most things that can prolong life

To those with a headache, it already works miracles. But ibuprofen could also hold the key to a long and healthy life.  In a series of experiments, the popular painkiller extended the life of yeast, worms and flies by around 15 per cent.

What is more, the extra years were healthy ones.

In human terms, this would equate to an extra 12 years of good quality life. Put another way, people would be in good health for longer.

In one of the experiments, worms given ibuprofen throughout life were healthy for longer.

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UPDATE:  Ibuprofen actually SHORTENS human life -- a little

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