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Heart drug digoxin linked to early death

A new study finds that the popular heart drug digoxin may cause patients to die sooner, CBS News reports.

The report cites a study recently published online in the European Heart Journal, showing that patients with atrial fibrillation — a condition where the heart’s upper chambers flutter erratically — died in significant numbers while taking digoxin.

Researchers examined data from 4,060 atrial fibrillation patients who took the drug before or during the ...

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