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Use of stimulants remains high among patients with psychocutaneous disease, most of whom have one or more psychiatric comorbidity, results of a recent study have shown.

Female patients nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) are less often prescribed guideline-recommended oral anticoagulation at the emergency department (ED), which in turn contributes to an increased stroke risk at 1 year regardless of discharge status, a study has found.

Among patients on concomitant treatment with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) and dronedarone, no difference is seen in survival free from the composite endpoint (ie, clinically relevant bleeding, thromboembolic event, and all-cause death) and from clinically relevant bleeding between groups of coadministration, according to a study.

Treatment with statins is effective at lowering cardiovascular disease risk, with the protective effect seemingly stronger in women than in men, according to a study. However, high-intensity regimens confer only minimal additional benefit in both sexes.