Health groups unite on unified dietary guidelines
Five major health groups endorse the Unified Dietary Guidelines to curb heart disease stroke cancer and diabetes. The plan favors less than 10 percent saturated fat 30 percent total fat and at least 55 percent calories from complex carbohydrates. It also limits dietary cholesterol to 300 mg daily and salt to six grams.
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Drug helps machines save lives in heart rhythm relief
Studies in the New England Journal of Medicine show sotalol and ibutilide improve outcomes for patients with implanted defibrillators or after external shocks. In 302 patients with sotalol, death or unnecessary shocks dropped 48 percent. in 100 patients, ibutilide pre-treatment aided return to normal rhythm after shocks. Experts urge careful use due to potential side effects.
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