In Defense of Our Relatives

In defense of our patients.

We read with interest and dismay the article ‘Public health urgency created by the success of mechanical thrombectomy studies in stroke’ recently published in Circulation. There is now overwhelming, class 1, level A evidence supporting mechanical thrombectomy (MT) as the standard of care for eligible patients with acute stroke secondary to an emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO). We agree tha...

"Superbugs bunny" outsmarts our immune defense.

For centuries, mothers have relied on the protective power of carrots and its ability to boost their baby’s immune systems. The toddler’s golden yellow cheeks openly signal healthy development and the ability to withstand infectious adversity. Quite similarly, the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus also counts on carotenoids to evade host immune defense, in particular being attacked and kille...

Repellents and the military: our first line of defense.

Air medical resource management: our last line of defense.

Air Medical Journal 34:2 Since helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) took to the skies of America in the early 1970s, the accident rate has remained disproportionately high when compared with other segments of helicopter aviation. According to the Air Medical Memorial website, to date 374 people have lost their lives in air medical accidents, leaving more than 600 crash survivors who mus...

Cyber Security: Assessing Our Vulnerabilities and Developing an Effective Defense