A new study suggests that the benefits of prescribing anticoagulation drugs to certain older people outweigh the potential risks.

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.

Enter cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Pouya Hemmati with a solution: a dual approach to treating AFIB when nothing else works, lowering the frequency of episodes and the more fatal side effects. It starts ...