NIHR Signal: Better prescribing might prevent thousands of strokes in the UK

Expert commentary is provided of a study which found that based on data from almost 30000 people who had a stroke, 60% had risk factors that meant they may have been eligible to take cholesterol-lowering, antiplatelet or BP medication, but 54% had no recent prescription for these
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news