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A new study just released at the American Association of Cancer Researchers meeting in Washington, D.C., showed women who take medication to ease their arthritis pain are also protecting themselves against cancer. Joy Greer has fought arthritis for 20 years. To relieve her painful knees, she does water exercises every week and takes anti-inflammatory medication every day. “I just take it all the time. And to tell you the truth, I feel pretty good. So, I guess it’s working,” Greer said.It may be working even better than she realizes. The medications she takes are called cox-2 inhibitors. The immediate benefit for patients like Greer is that they reduce inflammation. Researchers said the long-term benefits for all women are much more profound. “We found that the selective cox-2 blockers — the new anti-inflammatory compounds like Vioxx and Celebrex — reduced the risk of breast cancer by about 70 percent,” Dr. Randall Harris of the Ohio State University Cancer Center said. Harris launched his study nearly seven years ago. Read More