You may find this hard to believe but I really don’t look at my site’s stats much. In fact, just today I discovered that WordPress has a feature that ranks posts by views. I’m not going to give you my Top Ten just by ranking. Rather, I’ll mix in some of my favorites and those […]
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A Christmas Wish…
Dear Friends, May you receive the most precious and heart-healthy gift this holiday season: Peace in your heart. Peace. It’s something to cherish. To hold. To feel. To know. And one more thing: Thank you readers. Thanks a lot. JMM
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A little holiday break…
Hi all, Walking out to my car after finishing office yesterday, I noticed a distantly familiar sensation. I’m not sure of the neurochemicals, but they were similar to those that were released after finishing final exams. Remember those sensations? December has been so hard. Busy. Stressful. A roller coaster. Now there’s a holiday break. I’m […]
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Will writing help with the sadness?
I grew up in Connecticut. It was in a town just like Newtown. It was safe and it was quiet. I am a father and a grandfather. My life is surrounded with children. This weekend has been tough. You try to read or write something, but the mind wanders. Then you feel sadness. The more […]
The last week has brought my family face-to-face with the fury of modern healthcare. For privacy reasons, that’s all I will say about the specifics. But I can say this: My people, medical folks that is, are an exceptional group of humans. First, there is the knowledge and experience to diagnosis. Second, there’s the talent […]
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Post Election Blues
I am writing this immediately after awakening on Wednesday morning. I am sad. Not about the results. As a political agnostic, I’m going to work as I do every day. There won’t be any major changes. I’ll listen, exam, teach, ablate and implant evidence-based devices. Perhaps in the coming months, the 10-minute procedure will require […]
As I plodded along the cyclcocross track today a heckler shouted: “Hey Mandrola….blog about this.” By ‘this,’ I can only assume he meant how cool our sport is. He surely wasn’t heckling a doctor about a lackluster performance. Alright then. Mr. Heckler said blog on. —- A few weeks ago I received a tweet asking […]
I’ve written two new posts at the end of this week. The first is on the state of heart rhythm medicine, or as we call it, electrophysiology. The editor of the TheHeart.org asked me to look at a recent series of state-of-the-art review papers published in the British journal, the Lancet. The last time the […]
Quick question: What is the most overused word in Cardiology? Hint: We use it as an action verb. To find the answer, you will need to head over to my most recent post at theHeart.org. I tell the story of perhaps my most remarkable patient. Boy, that man taught me an important and timely lesson. […]
Let’s start with a disclaimer: I am not complaining; I’m just stating the facts. Honest fact: The morale of doctors in the real world is low–and sinking lower. I know what you are thinking. “Come on Mandrola, you are nuts if you expect us to feel sympathy for doctors–of all professions.” Well…you can think that […]
A good friend sent me a post from the now famous BikeSnobNYC. Its title was “Why so serious?†The famous one was dissing the over-seriousness of amateur bike racers. Talk about taking the easy trail. Making fun of amateur racers? Next thing you know, he will be calling all masters bike racers dentists. I am […]