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GP prescribing shift has stopped thousands of strokes, says NHS chief

GPs have saved thousands of lives and prevented up to 17,000 strokes in the past 18 months by steppi...

Anticoagulants protect against dementia in AF patients, study finds

Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) should be told anticoagulants protect against dementia to hel...

NOAC prescribing varies 16-fold between CCG areas

The proportion of AF patients at high risk of stroke who are receiving anticoagulation with NOACs in...

The study is the first to link moderate drinking to risk of AF (Photo: iStock)

Just one glass of wine a day enough to raise AF risk

Even moderate drinking may increase the risk of AF, according to research that casts doubt on claims...

NICE guidance seeks to involve AF patients more in their care (photo: Jason Heath Lancy)

GPs told to offer 'personalised care package' to AF patients

GPs should offer AF patients a 'personalised package of care' to help them become more involved in d...

Pulmonary blood vessel clot: pollution raises risks (photo: SPL)

Air pollution linked to greater risk of lung clots and AF

Blood clots in the lungs and AF are more common in highly polluted areas of England and Wales, but i...

Warfarin: improving AF treatment would save lives (photo: Science Photo Library)

Increasing anticoagulant use 'better than a decade of new drugs'

A 50% rise in the number of AF patients on existing anticoagulants would have a greater impact on th...

Warfarin: scheme improved anticoagulation treatment (photo: Science Photo Library)

General practice AF scheme could prevent 1,600 strokes a year

Around 1,600 strokes a year could be prevented if an East London programme that encouraged GPs to pr...

ECG to detect AF: new guidance proposes greater use of risk scores (Photo: Haymarket Medical)

GPs urged to use risk scores to guide AF treatment

NICE has called on GPs to use two risk scores to assess patients with AF and guide treatment decisio...

Apixaban avoids the regular INR checks and dose adjustments required on warfarin treatment

New anticoagulant approved by NICE

GPs have been handed another alternative to warfarin after NICE gave preliminary approval to a new t...

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