Heart of the Matter
Why Surgeons Sometimes Stop the Heart to Save It
Imagine being told that during your heart surgery, your surgeon may deliberately stop your heart from beating. For most patients, that would...
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Heart of the Matter
The Heart Remembers: Can Years of Poor Diabetes Control Leave a Metabolic Memory?
Your latest HbA1c report looks better. Your blood sugar is under control, and you feel you’re finally moving in the right direction....
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The Science of Survival
When the Words “You Need Surgery” Change Everything
World Mental Health Day | October 10 You go to the doctor expecting answers. Perhaps it started with breathlessness, chest discomfort, fatigue,...
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The Science of Survival
When your time isn’t up !!!
May 20, 1999. Northern Norway. Anna Bågenholm was 29 years old, a young trainee doctor pursuing radiology, was spending a day skiing...
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The Science of Survival
The Disease With No Face: Diagnosing Erdheim-Chester, One of Medicine’s Great Diagnostic Puzzles
What could possibly connect persistent pain in the long bones of both legs, excessive thirst, tissue appearing around the kidneys, fluid around...
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Heart of the Matter
The Undiagnosed Millions: Why Diabetes May Put the Heart at Risk Before You Know You Have It
Diabetes is often imagined as a disease that announces itself. Excessive thirst. Frequent urination. Unexplained weight loss. Fatigue. A blood test that...
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