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FRIDAY, April 22, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Exposure to air pollutants – even at levels below World Health Organization air quality guidelines – may trigger a heart attack within the hour, according to a new study from China that found the risks were highest among older people and when the weather was colder.
Lengthening of what is called the PR interval, the right-hand portion of the jagged blip that records electrical activity as the heart contracts and expands, was associated with a doubled risk of developing the abnormal heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, three times the risk of needing a pacemaker, and one-and-a-half times the risk of early ...
TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- E-cigarettes are not a safer alternative to tobacco as far as strokes are concerned, according to a new study.
During the course of the 14-year study the authors followed 38,156 participants who are part of the HSPH-based Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Beginning in 1986 and continuing every four years thereafter until 2000, the male participants, who ranged in age from 40 to 75, responded to a detailed questionnaire regarding diet and medical ...
Patients were followed for a median of 11.3 and 12.3 years for incidence and mortality, respectively. The researchers found that 1,701 and 1,681 lung cancers were diagnosed in the low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) and chest radiograph (CXR) arms, respectively (rate ratio, 1.01; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.95 to 1.09).
Like the mRNA vaccines, Novavax's vaccine is linked to an elevated risk of myocarditis and pericarditis, with six cases of the heart inflammation found in about 40,000 trial volunteers. COVID-19 can also trigger these types of heart inflammation, experts note.
"Our results identified moxifloxacin as the drug associated with the highest risk of hypoglycemia, followed by levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin," wrote Dr. Mei-Shu Lai, at National Taiwan University, and colleagues. They said doctors should consider other antibiotics if they have concerns that patients might experience severe blood sugar swings.
Hello :) I have been researching the internet for a few days now, and it seems that what I have come across in regards to GERD (i.e, symptoms, causatative factors, etc) seem familiar to me and what I have been experiencing this past week or so.
Since then, many other "prazoles" have followed. Ever since their introduction, concerns had been expressed regarding their long term use. On Feb. 28, 2008, FDA announced its approval of the short-term use of Nexium (esomeprazole magnesium) in children 1 to 11 years old for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease( GERD ).
Assay Has High Specificity for Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease; Increased Use-Dependent Plasticity With Chronic Insomnia; Fewer Positive Margins With Robot-Assisted Prostatectomy