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Long Term Painkiller Use Linked to Kidney Cancer
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Haylen_WebMD_Staff posted:
Click the link for the results of this study showing that long-term, regular use of non-aspirin anti-inflammatory painkillers raises the likelihood of developing kidney cancer by more than 50%, a study shows.

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