Drug no better than aspirin for stroke prevention

In the Journals A study published online May 10, 2016, by The New England Journal of Medicine found that the drug ticagrelor (Brilinta) could not beat aspirin for preventing stroke in certain high-risk patients. The study involved more than 13,000 people who had a mild stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA) within the previous 24 hours. A TIA is a brief episode of stroke-like symptoms, typically lasting less than 5 minutes and…