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I would first like to say that I appreciate your magazine as a good resource on natural health information. I do, however, have a quibble with the article on seasonal affective disorder (SAD) in the January 2003 issue. Several years ago, I was taking St. John's wort as a supplement for (of all things!) SAD. At that time, I started to have what I thought were mild panic attacks characterized by rapid heartbeat. Although whenever I encounter information on St. John's wort in print, then and now, there is invariably a warning about the possibility of developing photo-sensitivity with its use, I never, ever read anything about the possibility of it causing rapid heartbeat.
It was only by chance that I read about it online somewhere. The warning was, in effect, that it shouldn't be used by people prone to panic attacks or by those with high blood pressure. I had neither, but I'm sure I would have made the connection much sooner had this supplement been regularly associated with such a warning. I stopped taking St. John's wort, and the rapid heartbeat ceased inside of three days. I hate to think that the persistent and pervasive lack of such a warning regarding St. John's wort is causing (who knows how many) other people serious ...
- Wells Idled By Rapid Heartbeat
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times March 12, 1996 700+ words
...Monday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to undergo tests for a rapid heartbeat, but team officials said they have no reason to believe...Manager Davey Johnson said Wells, 32, first noticed the rapid heartbeat in his room late Sunday but was showing no outward signs...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 16, 1989 700+ words
...MEDTRONIC DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF TOO-RAPID HEARTBEAT MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire...treatment of tachyarrhythmia (too-rapid heartbeat). The company announced that...MDT) CO: Medtronic, Inc. ST: Minnesota IN: MTC HEA TS...
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...catheterization. Specialists thread a catheter (skinny wire) through a blood vessel and into the heart to find where your rapid heartbeat is coming from and eliminate that abnormal tissue. When successful (and it usually is, depending on where the abnormality...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 8, 1993 700+ words
...life-threatening ventricular tachycardia, an abnormally rapid heartbeat. This less invasive procedure used Minneapolis-based Angeion...Corporation, 612-550-9388/ (ANGN) CO: Angeion Corporation ST: Minnesota IN: MTC SU: KH -- MN003 -- 3928 03/08/93...
- Researchers establish link between rapid heartbeat, addictive personality.
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...opposite direction. For each point sensitivity to reward rises, there is a 21.2% increase in the likelihood of suffering rapid heartbeat after drinking alcohol," explained Caroline Brunelle from the department of psychology at McGill University in Montreal...
- Sudden rapid heartbeat.(WHAT YOUR BODY REVEALS)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Cosmopolitan Crain, Esther June 1, 2008 700+ words
It's common for young women to experience episodes of heart palpitations. One likely cause: stimulants like caffeine or nicotine in cigarettes, which pump up your adrenaline, explains Louis Teichholz, chief of cardiology at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey. Cut down on the joe and
- Concerned about rapid heartbeat.(Medical Mailbox)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Saturday Evening Post SerVaas, Cory November 1, 2003 700+ words
Dear Dr. SerVaas: I was diagnosed about two years ago with supraventricular tachycardia. I was told by my internist that it was a small problem. I wore a Holter monitor, was given a monitored test and. later, a king of Hearts monitor. I was also given a heart ultrasound exam. So I believe I have
- Cardiac electricians: radio waves can cure a racing heart. (using radio waves...
- Magazine article from: Science News Fackelmann, Kathy A. July 20, 1991 700+ words
...United States suffers from a type of rapid heartbeat known as paroxysmal supraventricular...with this defect can suffer spells of rapid heartbeat, dizziness, weakness and chest pain...electrical circuit responsible for the rapid heartbeat. "These patients are truly cured...
