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                                                    <title><![CDATA[Harvard Health Posts by Peter Zimetbaum, M.D. Feed]]></title>
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                                <subtitle>Harvard Health Blog: You'll find posts from Harvard Medical School physicians and our editors on a variety of health news and issues.</subtitle>
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            <title><![CDATA[DOACs now recommended over warfarin to prevent blood clots in people with atrial fibrillation]]></title>
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                    <name><![CDATA[Peter Zimetbaum, M.D.]]></name>
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                <![CDATA[For decades, people with atrial fibrillation were prescribed warfarin to prevent blood clots. But a new type of anticoagulant medication (known as DOACs) that came on the market in 2010 has proven to be at least as effective as warfarin, with fewer side effects and without the need for blood test monitoring.]]>
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