Tag: Gunnar Gislason University of Copenhagen

• Tuesday, August 29th 2017 - 11:21 UTC

  Popular painkiller Ibuprofen raises risk of cardiac arrest, according to Danish researchers

  

  Taking ibuprofen to ease a headache may seem like no big deal, but Danish researchers caution against overdoing it. A study in the European Heart Journal suggests that ibuprofen, one of the most popular painkillers, raises a person's risk of cardiac arrest by 31%.