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A hydraulic fracturing drill rig in Bradford County. (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Landov)
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Heart failure patients who live near fracking operations were more likely to be hospitalized than those who live farther away, according to a new study.
Researchers at Drexel and Johns Hopkins studied medical records of 12,000 heart patients in Pennsylvania between 2008 and 2015.
The authors reported “significantly increased odds of hospitalization among heart failure subjects in relation to increasing” fracking activity in the area near them. Heart failure includes any condition, like a heart attack, that leads to the inability of the heart to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs.
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When chatting at cocktail parties about his job, Mark Ratain, an oncologist and pharmacologist at the University of Chicago, often asks a short riddle: Your doctor gives you a prescription for a new drug. The pharmacist says, Make sure you take it on an empty stomach, twice a day. What do you think would happen if you took it with food?
Most don t get the answer right. Nobody would ever say, Well, I could die from an overdose, Ratain says.
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Doctors concerned about long-term effects of COVID-19 on children
Doctors concerned about long-term effects on children who had COVID-19
Medical experts are worried about the long lasting effects COVID-19 will have on the heart health of children.
HOUSTON - Doctors at Memorial Hermann say they’re seeing an alarming number of children who can t function the way they used to after contracting COVID-19, and they are concerned about possible damage to their hearts.
We caught up with a young athlete who couldn t even walk up a few stairs without getting out of breath.
Nick Parvizian, 13, was diagnosed with COVID-19 the first of November. It started with typical symptoms of fever, cough, and fatigue. He’s relieved to be feeling like himself again after being isolated in his bedroom.