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Study reveals how Duchenne muscular dystrophy causes heart rhythm problems
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Study reveals how Duchenne muscular dystrophy causes heart rhythm problems

ELIFE IMAGE: STEM CELL-DERIVED CARDIOMYOCYTES PRODUCED TO STUDY ARRHYTHMIC MECHANISMS CREDIT: FÁTIMA LOIS The results help explain why as many as 60% of patients with DMD have potentially life-threatening heart rhythm abnormalities. They may also suggest potential treatment strategies for heart problems in people with DMD. Mutations in a gene that encodes a muscle-protecting protein...

Coffee doesn’t raise your risk for heart rhythm problems
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Coffee doesn’t raise your risk for heart rhythm problems

by  University of California, San Francisco Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the largest study of its kind, an investigation by UC San Francisco has found no evidence that moderate coffee consumption can cause cardiac arrhythmia. In fact, each additional daily cup of coffee consumed among several hundred thousand individuals was associated with a 3 percent lower...