Howie reflects on his decades-long experience with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and the procedure that has changed his life. Howie and Harlan report on healthcare issues in the news, including the measles outbreak and a vision for a team of personal healthcare AI agents. And student research assistants Inès Gilles and Sophia Stumpf visit for a farewell interview.
Links:
Harlan Krumholz: The Expert Guide to Beating Heart Disease: What You Absolutely Must Know
Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
“What to know about paroxysmal atrial fibrillation”
Mayo Clinic: Atrial fibrillation ablation
“The True Cost of a Cardiac Ablation in the U.S.”
AI Agents
“The Four AI Agents of Your Health”
“This A.I. Forecast Predicts Storms Ahead”
Measles
CDC: Measles Cases and Outbreaks
“Measles Surge in Southwest Is Now the Largest Single Outbreak Since 2000”
Mayo Clinic: History of Measles
Food as Medicine
“Cooking with the curriculum: a pilot culinary medicine program at the Larner College of Medicine”
“Bringing Culinary Medicine to Yale’s New Teaching Kitchen”
Bird Flu
CDC: H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation
“Vietnam reports H5N1 avian flu case with encephalitis”
Exercise and Brain Waste
“The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes”
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