I have been in Hamburg, Germany for the past five days. I enjoyed an amazing opportunity to visit one of the world’s most respected heart rhythm labs. Among other things, the main purpose was to learn a new way to ablate atrial fibrillation. It was an incredible learning experience, one for which I owe an […]
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The number of emails that come from fellow cyclists (and endurance athletes) with heart rhythm issues amazes me. I am more convinced than ever that our “hobby” predisposes us to electrical issues like atrial fibrillation (AF)—that the science is right. Obviously, my pedaling “habit” creates an exposure bias. I hear from many of you because […]
Oops. I screwed up. This week’s Cycling Wednesday entry didn’t get posted last night. As we used to say in fellowship training, it was a “rookie mistake.” An example of an electrophysiologist getting too fancy with WordPress–a failure to use the KISS method. Sorry. Here’s the entry: After spending an entire vacation reading stories, I […]
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Vacation…
For the next few days I will be unplugged. Â On vacation, sans Apple products. At the same time, there will be oodles of heart-related news coming out of the American College of Cardiology meetings in New Orleans. My friends, Larry Husten (@cardiobrief) at Cardiobrief, and Doctor Wes Fisher (@doctorwes)Â will surely provide great coverage on their […]
I recently read a story about pediatricians that refuse to see children when their parents’ decline vaccines. It was the doctoring aspect of this story that caught my attention. Specifically, I was struck by the definitive and novel way that this group of doctors are dealing with the problem of patients that make unwise personal […]
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On Vacation…
I am in Phoenix, AZ with family. It’s dumping rain and cold here. To a Kentucky resident it looked like just another rainy day. “This is really rare,” my nephew told me. I realized he spoke the truth when we saw the waitresses in the restaurant staring out the window at the rain as if […]
The last few weekends I have worked on converting from blogger to WordPress. The conversion is proceeding well, albeit slowly. My aim is to provide a better experience to a wider audience of readers. Some experts say a blog should have a specific niche. Maybe this is right, but for now, the DrJohnM blog will […]
My late grandmother, Nellie, coined the term “chiseler.” I thought of her today at the oral surgeon’s office. It turns out, my wife, Staci, and I garnered a 50% discount on the removal of the 5 pesky baby teeth. How? It was a three pronged attack… I came from the hospital in between cases […]