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Although Bradley's complete medical record has yet to be released, what we do know is encouraging. His total cholesterol level of 161 mg/dL places him solidly among the heart-smart set. His blood pressure is an enviable 118/68, and his pulse holds steady at 55 beats a minute.
ROAD RAGE When a car with a child on board gets into a traffic accident, physical injuries aren't the only thing to be worried about. Fully 25% of youngsters involved in car accidents--even minor ones--develop post-traumatic stress disorder, a problem usually associated with soldiers at war...
Sources: Good News--New England Journal of Medicine (12/9/99); Journal of Paediatrics (12/6/99). Bad News--Pediatrics (12/99); New England Journal of Medicine (12/9/99)
Sometimes you just feel a little warm and dizzy. Other times your heart is pounding so fast you're afraid it will leap out of your chest. Either way, the irregular heartbeat caused by atrial fibrillation can seem very alarming. But the condition, which affects 2 million Americans and caused...
First found to suffer from atrial fibrillation in 1996, 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...