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Drugs for reflux disease in infants may come with unintended consequences

A U.S.-based survey found that from 2000 to 2003, infant use of a type of antacid called proton-pump inhibitors quadrupled. Of those, about 7,000 were prescribed proton-pump inhibitors by the time they were 6 months old. Reflux disease is not the same thing as reflux, which babies are nearly guaranteed to experience. About 67,000 were prescribed histamine H2-blocking drugs, such as Zantac or Pepcid, and about 11,000 babies were prescribed both types of drugs. That's led doctors to prescribe antacids to treat reflux disease in these infants.


Those delicious morsels might be lowering your risk of atrial fibrillation, a heart condition linked to stroke and heart failure. "That also included, coincidentally, how much chocolate they ate."Over the time participants were monitored, about 3,400 were diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, Mostofsky said. Eating 1 ounce a week reduced the risk by 17 percent, and eating 2 to 6 ounces a week resulted in a 20 percent reduction. Obviously, eating too much poses other risks, but chocolate, in moderation, can be part of a healthy diet," Mostofsky said. Chan School of Public Health found that adults who eat 2 to 6 ounces of chocolate a week are up to 20 percent less likely to develop the disease.


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