{
  "id": 15947797,
  "title": "Newer anticoagulants may help prevent strokes in AFib patients with previous brain bleeds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/newer-anticoagulants-may-help-prevent-strokes-in-afib-patients-with",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-21T20:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-anticoagulants-afib-patients-previous-brain.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For people with atrial fibrillation (AFib), an irregular heartbeat, and intracranial hemorrhage, a type of stroke also known as a brain bleed, anticoagulant use was associated with a lower risk of ischemic stroke and death, according to a new study published in Neurology. The study also found no increased risk of more brain bleeds when people took newer anticoagulants.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}