Afib, AI Agents, and Other News

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: Eric Topol: Ground Truths Eric Topol: Super Agers Harlan Krumholz: The Expert Guide to Beating Heart Disease: What You Absolutely Must Know Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation "What to know about paroxysmal atrial fibrillation" Joseph Akar, MD, PhD 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 "Long-term physical exercise facilitates putative glymphatic and meningeal lymphatic vessel flow in humans" "The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes" Learn more about the MBA for Executives program at Yale SOM. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.