This year's party was held Sept. 8. The first-year class has 121 students. Yet this group is less likely to receive stroke-preventing drugs than younger patients, School of Medicine researchers have found.
Atrial fibrillation allows blood to pool in the heart, promoting clotting.
If a clot breaks off and enters the bloodstream, it can lodge in the brain, causing a stroke. And it becomes more common with age. This organization has been approved by the Office for Human Research Protection, a newly created federal agency within the Department of Health and Human Services charged with strengthening the protection of individuals in clinical trials.