New drug may provide more cost-effective stroke prevention than warfarin

A newly approved drug may be a cost-effective way to prevent stroke in patients with an irregular heart rhythm - and may also offer patients better health outcomes than the commonly prescribed, but potentially risky, blood thinner warfarin. That's according to a new analysis from researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System...

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