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An estimated 10 million Americans have atrial fibrillation (AFib), according to the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. AFib is a condition in which the upper ...

Florida is set to execute two inmates today: ex-cop James Duckett for the murder of a child and Dominick Occhicone for the ...

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