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This Blood Thinner Is More Effective Than Aspirin at Preventing Heart Attacks


Aspirin is commonly prescribed to patients with coronary artery disease to prevent heart attacks and strokes, but a new analysis has found that another drug, clopidogrel, is more effective and just as safe.

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