Really sound information is out there in the internet universe. DrRich has put out an incredibly timely and pertinent piece of advice concerning the common practice of stenting blockages in the coronary arteries. He succinctly summarizes a small retrospective study that showed an increased risk of cardiac events after non-cardiac surgery in patients who have […]
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Mother’s Day…
Hey Mom,Thanks.Really, thanks a lot.I was always thankful, but now, as a parent, I understand even more. Hey Staci,You are a great mom. I know this for sure. As a trained observer, I see it. It’s cool. Grin. JMM
The past few days, instead of the usual labors in the EP lab, I spent 48 hours as a parent chaperone on an out-of-town middle school field trip. The schedule was frantic, befitting a 13 year old much more so than a 46 year old. But that’s another story. Suffice it to say, that AF […]
To give credit when credit is due is right and just. Medical industry absorbs, in both the mainstream media and the blogosphere, their fair share of body blows. So here comes a glowing review of a new technology that has lived up to its hype. Carto 3 is the next generation three-dimensional cardiac mapping system, from […]
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Kind words and the Grin…
I loved this fable. Kind words and grinning is good for the heart. You can just feel it. (Be forewarned, it is 15 minutes, and this I know breaks basic blog rules.) Thanks, to Chris Kaiser at CV business for sending it to me. JMM
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I don’t think so…
Will slackers lead us to health-care shangri-la? I know a fair number of slackers; it seems highly unlikely they will be leading health-care anywhere. Oops, I am two years from slackerdom. On the WSJ health blog, delivered to me by my new adventure, Twitter, an executive level think-taker is quoted as saying about our present-day health care […]
Do doctors know whether their therapies really work? We are doctors. We know. Don’t we? Wide variations in the application of medical treatments often differ greatly, sometimes solely by adjoining county or state line. This shouldn’t be. That a place of residence, not a clinical scenario, determines one’s treatment, highlights the inherent uncertainty of medicine. […]
It is pretty cool that my town, Louisville, KY, was named the 21st best cycling city, by Bicycling magazine. Each city gets one picture in the feature, and Louisville’s snapshot features yours truly on the tandem with Will as stoker, my best-friend Bob Bobrow to our right, and one of the Mandrola’s favorite teenagers, Andrew […]
Spring in the Ohio valley has brought hours upon hours of gloomy rain. Â We are indoors, and reflection is on the docket. Â Seven months have passed since the blog journey began. Why do I have a blog, or some may call it a cocoon. I ask myself this question a lot. Â The EP lab and […]
Medical advancement stomps on. This week, Genetics takes front stage. Really, it’s cool. I know; I was a skeptic too. That is, until I read this most amazing paper on the real-life clinical utility of knowing the whole genome of a person. It felt like peering into the future of medicine. Background from the real […]
This evening’s exercise: Surely, this approaches Parenting 301? The tools: a nice cab from South America, a MacBook, Google, and of course the Khan academy. Feel free to chime in. JMM