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Living in a food desert increases health risks for people with atrial fibrillationA-Fib patients have a more than doubled risk of stroke if they live in a food desertThey also are nearly four times more likely to die early

THURSDAY, Sept. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Living in a food desert can be potentially deadly to people with irregular heart beats , a new study says.

Patients with atrial fibrillation have a doubled risk for stroke and nearly quadrupled risk of early death if they live in a neighborhood without a nearby full-service grocery store, researchers reported in the journal JACC: Advances .

“This research shows that for patients with AF, the environment they live in, the basic infrastructure of their neighborhood, can be just as important as the care the

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