Irregular Heartbeat May Have Wide-Ranging Effects in the Body and other top stories.

• Irregular Heartbeat May Have Wide-Ranging Effects in the Body

  

  The effects of an irregular heartbeat can ripple across the entire body, a new meta-analysis finds. The particular type of irregular heartbeat that researchers looked at, called atrial fibrillation, is a well-known cause of strokes, but the condition also increases a person's risk for complications such as heart failure, kidney disease and dying of heart disease, according to the meta-analysis. In the study, published Sept. 6 in the journal The BMJ, researchers analyzed 104 studies tha..

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• Early Life Antibiotic Use Tied to Future Allergy Risk

  

  Action Points This research was published in an abstract and presented at a conference. The findings should be considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. LONDON -- Early life exposure to antibiotics was associated with an increased risk for both hay fever and eczema later in life in a pooled analysis reported here that included more than half a million people. Findings from the analysis of 32 observational studies indicated that antibiotic use during the fir..

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