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...countries show that zinc supplements can reduce the risk of pneumonia 42% and diarrhea 25%. What does the news mean for U.S. kids? They don't always get the recommended daily amount of zinc (5 mg for infants, 10 mg for preschoolers). So don't neglect zinc-rich foods like breast milk for babies and chicken and meat for older kids...
...Bradley has had seven episodes since then. Before putting him on drugs that kept his heartbeat regular, in 1998, doctors had to apply an electrical current across his chest on three different occasions to get his heartbeat back to normal. But such interventions are routine; they are nothing like the drama-charged ER version. Those are applied only in cases of ventricular fibrillation--a type of irregular heartbeat that is different from the kind Bradley has and more dangerous because it occurs in the two chambers of the heart that do the actual pumping. Bradley's heart settled back into...
...know all the causes of atrial fibrillation," says Dr. Mel Scheinman, a professor of cardiology at the University of California at San Francisco, who is not involved in Bradley's care. "High blood pressure or coronary-artery disease may predispose patients to develop [the condition]." Other cases, like Bradley's, apparently, occur for no obvious reason...
After you've experienced one bout of atrial fibrillation, however, you're likely to have another. In some cases, that could spell trouble. The uncoordinated beating of the heart allows small amounts of blood to pool in the atria, where the blood can form clots that can travel through the brain, causing a stroke. The risk is greatest for folks 65 and older, who are often given blood thinners like aspirin and the prescription drug warfarin to lessen the risk. But Bradley is 56. And in a Dec. 9 letter to the candidate, his doctor reported that the occasional irregular...
...work, I see these boys and young men in the courtroom and in prison with depressing regularity. Their lives start with abuse, neglect and emotional deprivation at home. Add the effects of racism, poverty, the drug and gang cultures, and it is not surprising that in a violent society like ours, damaged children become deadly teens...