A professor who battled anorexia for 30 years had a heart the size of a child’s at the time of her death, it is reported by the Evening Standard.
Rosemary Pope was 49 at the time of her death, weighed just 70 pounds and existed on a diet of coffee and sweets, an inquest into her death was told.
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Children should be screened for heart problems with an electrocardiogram before getting drugs like Ritalin to treat hyperactivity and attention-deficit disorder, the American Heart Association recommended Monday.
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