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Evidence Updates Share New Findings to Support Health Decision Making
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PCORI’s mandate is to improve the quality and relevance of evidence that can help patients, caregivers, clinicians and others make better-informed health or healthcare decisions. Our Evidence Updates are one…
Lower- and higher-dose aspirin achieve similar protection and safety for people with cardiovascular disease
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People with cardiovascular disease (CVD) taking aspirin to lower their chances of suffering a heart attack or stroke experienced similar health benefits, including reduced death and hospitalization for heart attack and stroke, whether they took a high or low dose of aspirin, according to a study presented today at ACC.21, the American College of Cardiology’s 70th Annual Scientific Session and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
BP-CHECK Study: Comparing Home, Clinic, and Kiosk Blood Pressure Monitoring
Research Study Highlight
Proper diagnosis of hypertension can save a patient’s life. But blood pressure varies a lot over the day and one or two measurements in a clinic may not reflect a…
Study: Heart Complication Risk Higher After COVID-19 Infection Than Vaccination
Research Study Highlight
Results of a study appearing in the April 1 issue of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report will enable a better understanding about the comparative risks of heart complications…
Can Patients with MS Safely Stop Taking Medicine as They Age? DISCOMS Trial's Results Indicate It's a Reasonable Option for Some
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Although new results from an ongoing PCORI-funded study into whether some patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) can safely stop taking certain kinds of medications as they age weren’t conclusive in…
The KIDCARE Study: Exploring Treatment Strategies for Rare Pediatric Illness
Research Study Highlight
Kawasaki disease is a rare form of cardiovascular disease that mainly affects children. The condition causes widespread inflammation and can lead to focal swelling, or aneurysm formation, of the arteries…
PREVENT CLOT Study: Aspirin as Effective as Injectable Blood Thinner to Prevent Blood Clots
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Over-the-counter aspirin is as effective as low-molecular-weight heparin, a commonly used injectable blood thinner, in preventing life-threatening blood clots among patients hospitalized due to a fracture, according to findings from…