(CNN) - Aspirin and other commonly used painkillers not only help your aches and pains, they can also help protect against skin cancer.
It's been shown in previous studies that taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, which include Aspirin, Naproxen and Ibuprofen, can decrease your likelihood of developing some types of cancer.
However researchers analyzed medical records from Denmark and found that individuals who filled more than two types of pain relievers, such as Aspirin and Ibuprofen, decreased their risk for developing the most serious type of skin cancer. They found people who took more than two different kinds of painkillers had a 13 percent decreased risk for developing melanoma than those who filled two or less prescriptions for these medications.
The odds were even better if the drugs were taken frequently for seven or more years.