JENNIFER BEALS BIOGRAHPY. Jennifer Sue Beals was born in Chicago on December 19, 1963 as the second child of Jeanne Anderson and Alfred Beals. Her mother, an Irish-Catholic retired elementary schoolteacher, still lives in Chicago.
How does digitalis work? 1  Digitalis medicines strengthen the force of the heartbeat by increasing the amount of calcium in the heart's cells. 2  Digitalis medicines control irregular heart rhythms (called arrhythmias) by slowing the signals that start in the sinoatrial (SA) node.
Pradaxa (dabigatran) is a blood thinner approved in 2010 as an alternative to warfarin, the standard blood-thinning medication for more than 50 years. A popular treatment for preventing stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat), Pradaxa topped $1 billion in sales in 2012.