Date:2/26/2010

Study highlights:

- A new anti-clotting drug proved as effective as the blood thinner currently used to prevent stroke in atrial fibrillation patients with prior stroke or transient ischemic attacks

- The lower dose of the drug dabigatran produced less risk of bleeding in the brain than warfarin did

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