Winter Short: Storytelling, Featuring the Actin-Myosin Love Story | TAPP 130
Host Kevin Patton revisits someclassic segments from past episodes. In the first segment, he explains why he thinksstorytelling is the heart ofeffective teaching. Then. he tells a brief version of hisactin-myosin love story—a playfulanalogy to help students learn aboutmuscle contraction.00:00 | Introduction01:07 | Storytelling: The Heart of Teaching15:36| Sponsored by AAA, HAPI, and HAPS17:10 | Actin-Myosin Love Story27:58 | Staying Connected★ If you cannot see or activate the audio player, go to:theAPprofessor.org/podcast-episode-130.html🏅 Apply for your credential (badge/certificate) for listening to this epi...
Source: The A and P Professor - January 3, 2023 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Shame as an unethical teaching tool
The senior medical student is hours into her on-call shift on her surgical rotation. She’s been up since four, exhausted, and can’t remember if she had eaten anything since breakfast. The staff surgeon on call “pimps” her on surgical anatomy, pointing at the various arteries and veins in the patient lying in front of them
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Shame as an unethical teaching tool originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 1, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Elisheva Nemetz Tags: Education Surgery Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, December 26th 2022
This article on senolytic therapies to selectively remove senescent cells in old tissues is in part a matter of Unity Biotechnology talking up their position. The company suffered from first mover disadvantage in bringing senolytic drugs into clinical development. The field has made progress very rapidly over the last decade, and startups founded even just a couple of years after Unity's launch benefited from greater knowledge and a selection of better technologies to work with. Still, one can be talking up one's position and also be right. The accumulation of senescent cells is profoundly harmful, a significant contributi...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 25, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
A Cautious Industry View of the Promise of Senolytics
This article on senolytic therapies to selectively remove senescent cells in old tissues is in part a matter of Unity Biotechnology talking up their position. The company suffered from first mover disadvantage in bringing senolytic drugs into clinical development. The field has made progress very rapidly over the last decade, and startups founded even just a couple of years after Unity's launch benefited from greater knowledge and a selection of better technologies to work with. Still, one can be talking up one's position and also be right. The accumulation of senescent cells is profoundly harmful, a significant contributi...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 22, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Winter Short: Students Perform Best with a Pre-Test | TAPP 129
In yet another of ourWinter Shorts episodes, Kevin Patton discusses his experience withPre-Tests as alearning tool—not simply an assessment tool. Surprisingly, the use of Pre-Testsimproved student scores on the regular tests.00:00 | Introduction01:07 | What is a Pre-Test?07:52 | Sponsored by AAA, HAPI, and HAPS09:25 | More Strategies for Learning the Skeleton15:13 | Staying Connected ★ If you cannot see or activate the audio player, go to:theAPprofessor.org/podcast-episode-129.html🏅 Apply for your credential (badge/certificate) for listening to this episode:theAPprofessor.org/podcast-episode-129.html/#badg...
Source: The A and P Professor - December 21, 2022 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Who can answer this unusual query in mitral stenosis?
I will go with the last response. As for as I understand, we have never quantified Atrial muscle mass properly even in normality. One may be tempted to think there is no purpose to measure it, other than academic reasons. The fact that the incidence of atrial fibrillation in mitral stenosis is not linearly correlating with LA size makes us think, LA mass (Virtual LAH) may have a say in triggering AF.
This post is meant for cardiology fellows. Maybe someone can do a study on this by measuring LA mass pre and post-PTMC, we might get an idea about regression as well. Meanwhile, we are well versed with infiltrative disease...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - December 20, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Atrial fibrillation Mitral stenosis Uncategorized Atrial mass in mg LAH in mitral stenosis left atrial hypertrophy left atrial mass thickness of left atrium Source Type: blogs
A young patient with diminishing pain with a subtle but diagnostic ECG.
Written by Emre Aslanger(Emre is our newest editor. He is an interventionalist in Turkey and one of 3 originators of the OMI/NOMI paradigm, along with Pendell and Smith. Here are his publications.)CaseA 39-year-old male without prior medical history presents with chest pain that started 2 hours prior to presentation. He says that the pain intensity was 10/10 at home but now about 4/10. His medical exam is unremarkable. He has no cardiovascular risk factors except smoking for 10 pack-years. He denies any illicit drug use. His ECG is shown below. What do you think ?Although not striking, this is clearly a dia...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - December 18, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Emre Aslanger Source Type: blogs
Top 8 Most Controversial Stories About Medical Innovations
I spend my days monitoring progress, analysing new trends, and learning about spectacular new initiatives. Needless to say: not just me, but the whole team of The Medical Futurist is fascinated by what we learn. And then sometimes there is a story that just melts the fuses at one or more team members – and our readers.
Below I picked 8 of our favourite controversial stories from – almost exclusively – this year. It’s important to note that controversial doesn’t equal bad/useless. Sometimes it’s just not widely accepted (yet) and so exotic that they can surely provide a unique talking point at a...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 13, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF 3d printing AI artificial intelligence bioprinting digital health CRISPR designer baby designer babies robotics in healthcare assisted dying DIY blood draw DIY blood test medical innovation deepfake Source Type: blogs
Types of LAD
Left anterior descending coronary artery, known in short as LAD has been classified into four types depending on the length:
Type 1: Does not supply the left ventricular apex.
Type 2: Supplies part of the apex, the rest being supplied by the right coronary artery.
Type 3: Supplies the entire apex.
Type 4: Supplies the apex and more than 25% of the inferior wall (wrap around LAD).
Reference
Rehman I, Kerndt CC, Rehman A. Anatomy, Thorax, Heart Left Anterior Descending (LAD) Artery. [Updated 2022 Jul 25]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2022 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncb...
Source: Cardiophile MD - December 9, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Winter Short: Nine (or Ten) Strategies for Learning the Skeleton | TAPP 128
In another of ourWinter Shorts episodes, Kevin Patton discusses nine (or is it ten?)simple strategies for improvingstudent learning of the humanskeleton in the anatomy and physiology course.00:00 | Introduction01:07 | Strategies for Learning the Skeleton10:10 | Sponsored by AAA, HAPI, and HAPS11:43 | More Strategies for Learning the Skeleton20:30 | Staying Connected ★ If you cannot see or activate the audio player, go to:theAPprofessor.org/podcast-episode-128.html🏅 Apply for your credential (badge/certificate) for listening to this episode:theAPprofessor.org/podcast-episode-128.html/#badge⭐⭐⭐⭐ Please...
Source: The A and P Professor - December 8, 2022 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
How much “ pain ed ” do people need? And what to do when someone is not convinced …
This post has been a long time coming. There’s no doubt that giving explanations about pain mechanisms is common, and that we’ve (health professionals) been doing it a looooong time. Yes, way back to the 1970’s! In the early 1980’s when I started working in this field it was already commonplace to offer people an explanation for chronic pain (and to explain why some pains are such pains, while others bother us less – even when they involve the same degree of nociceptive input). Of course, way back then we used Gate Control Theory (GCT) to explain the distinction between hurt and harm, to explo...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - November 27, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Education/CME Research Science in practice biopsychosocial Explain pain pain explanations PNE Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
Winter Short: Mitochondria, Platelets, Golgi, & Green Pens TAPP 127
Episode 127 is one of ourwinter shorts, where I replay interesting segments from previous episodes. In this one, you ' ll hear about the role ofplatelets in immunity, how theGolgi apparatus gets its weird shape, exactlyhow hot mitochondria get, and why we may want to consider marking assignments and tests with agreen pen, rather than a red one.00:00 | Introduction01:07 | Mitochondria02:29 | Platelets07:15 | Sponsored by AAA, HAPI, and HAPS08:49 | Golgi Apparatus13:51 | Green Pens16:20 | Staying Connected ★ If you cannot see or activate the audio player, go to:theAPprofessor.org/podcast-episode-127.html🏅...
Source: The A and P Professor - November 18, 2022 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
The Art of Using Trauma Shears
I got a request recently from a maker of trauma shears to give their product a test drive and see what I think. I’m more than happy to give their shears a few turns around the block and kick the tires a bit. Who knows, maybe they’ll be really good. Maybe they’ll be my new favorite set.
All the shears I’ve ever owned have come and gone. I don’t have a particular set that I’m really attached to right now. I’ve had some great sets of shears over the years. I think my longest running favorite pair lasted around five years. I don’t remember the brand now, but they were good. Black handle with a bit of cloth t...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 15, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: EMT Source Type: blogs
Why body type standards are wrong in measuring health
When you visit your doctor for your regular check-up, just like every human being, your body and health are judged by three main scientific standards to determine if you are healthy and “normal.” Standard 1 is the Standard Scientific Human Body Anatomy Book Body Type (BT1) found in any scientifically approved human body anatomy book.
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Why body type standards are wrong in measuring health originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 4, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Marc Nelson Tags: Conditions Obesity Source Type: blogs
90 year old with acute chest and epigastric pain, and diffuse ST depression with reciprocal STE in aVR: activate the cath lab?
ConclusionsSTE-aVR with multilead ST depression was associated with acutely thrombotic coronary occlusion in only 10% of patients. Routine STEMI activation in STE-aVR for emergent revascularization is not warranted, although urgent, rather than emergent, catheterization appears to be important.===================================MY Comment, by KEN GRAUER, MD (11/5/2022):===================================Our thanks to Drs. El-Baba and McLaren — for their presentation in today’s post about an important topic worthy of our periodic reminders. We’ve presented many variations on this theme on...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - November 4, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jesse McLaren Source Type: blogs
