For Atrial Fibrillation Patients At Risk For Stroke, Easy-To-Use Blood Thinners Likely To Replace Coumadin
Within a few years, a new generation of easy-to-use blood-thinning drugs will likely replace Coumadin for patients with irregular heartbeats who are at risk for stroke, according to a journal article by Loyola University Medical Center physicians. Unlike Coumadin, the new drugs do not require patients to come in to the clinic on a regular basis to check the dose. Nor do the drugs require extensive dietary restrictions. First author Sarkis Morales-Vidal, MD, and colleagues describe the new drugs in a review article in the February issue of the journal Expert Reviews... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
VIDEO: Owen: Only the PM can stop NHS reforms
Lord Owen claimed only the prime minister could stop plans for NHS reforms in England and he should back track as he did on a planned forest sell-off. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
