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For patients with atrial fibrillation, the risk of stroke or heart attack from stopping anticoagulants usually outweighs the risk of bleeding, according to new findings from the University of Bath.

The test, which is not yet widely available, is being developed so that it can eventually be used at the point-of-care.

A new study from the University of Gothenburg reveals that blood thinners, commonly prescribed after blood clots in the leg ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis estimating the differences in bleeding risks between therapeutic-dose non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) and single antiplatelet therapy (aspirin) found ...

Some clinicians prefer aspirin when balancing bleeding risk with the indication for an anticoagulant, Barnes said, reasoning ...

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