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Ann S Botash, MD
750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-8668
Current Appointments
- Professor of Pediatrics
- Medical Director, McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Site
- Director of Child Abuse Referral and Evaluation Program (CARE)
Hospital Campus
- Downtown
Clinical Section Affiliations
- Pediatrics: Child Abuse Referral and Evaluation (CARE), General Pediatric Division
Research Programs and Affiliations
- Pediatrics
- Child Abuse Referral and Evaluation Program (CARE)
McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center
Google Maps & Directions
601 E. Genesee Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315 883-5617
- University Pediatric and Adolescent Center
Upstate Health Care Center
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3rd Fl., 90 Presidential Plaza
Syracuse, NY 13202
315 464-4357
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1990, General Academic Pediatrics
- Residency: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1989
- MD: SUNY Upstate Medical Center, 1985
Clinical Interests
Child abuse; child advocacy
Research Interests
Child abuse, education.
Specialties & Certification
- Pediatrics
- Child Abuse Pediatrics
Diseases & Conditions Treated
- Child Abuse & Neglect
- Children
- Child Abuse Medical Examination
Current Hospital Privileges
- Upstate University Hospital
- Crouse Hospital
Web Resources
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Ann S. Botash, MD is Professor of Pediatrics at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Associate Dean for Education and Vice Chair for Educational Affairs at the SUNY Upstate Department of Pediatrics. She is Director of the University Hospital's Child Abuse Referral and Evaluation (CARE) program in Syracuse, New York, a founder and Medical Director of the McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Site. As Associate Dean for Education, she is responsible for develoment of innovative educational curricula in the College of Medicine. She is Chair of the New Directions Task Force.
In order to better serve all children and adolescents in New York State, Dr. Botash created and is Director of the Child Abuse Medical Provider (CHAMP) Network to educate healthcare professionals in the identification and management of child sexual abuse cases. Dr. Botash has written a primer for medical providers, Evaluating Child Sexual Abuse: Education Manual for Medical Professionals (Johns Hopkins Press; 2000), and many research articles and chapters.
Dr. Botash is a recipient of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association's award for Public Policy and Advocacy. She is President of the Ray Helfer Society (2009-2011), an honorary society for child abuse physicians.
Selected Publications
Botash AS. He fell from dad's arms: Subdural hemorrhages in an infant. JPeds. 2013 Jan 10. Epub.
Botash AS, Sills I, Welch T. Caliciferol deficiency mimicking abusive fractures in infants: Is there any evidence? J Pediatr. 2012 Feb;160(2):199-203. Epub 2011 Oct 11.
Adams JA, Starling SP, Frasier LD, Palusci VJ, Shapiro RA, Finkel MA, Botash AS. Diagnostic accuracy in child sexual abuse medical evaluation: Role of experience, training and expert case review. Child Abuse and Neglect. 2012 May; 36(5):383-92
Adams JA, Kaplan RA, Starling SP, Mehta NH, Finkel MA, Botash AS, Kellogg ND, Shapiro RA. Guidelines for medical care of children who may have been sexually abused. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2007; 20:163e172
Botash AS, Galloway AE, Booth T, Ploutz-Snyder R. Continuing Medical Education in Child Sexual Abuse: Cognitive gains but not expertise. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2005; 159: 561-566.
Wright CJ. Katcher ML, Blatt S, Keller DM, Mundt MP, Botash AS, Gjerde CL. Toward the Development of Advocacy Training Curricula for Pediatric Residents: A National Delphi Study. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2005; 5: 165-171.
Adams JA, Botash AS, Kellogg N. Differences in hymenal morphology in adolescent girls with and without a history of sexual intercourse. Arch of Ped and Adol Medicine. 2004; 158: 280-285.
Botash AS. From curriculum to practice: implementation of the child abuse curriculum. Child Maltreat. 2003 Nov; 8(4):239-41. PMID: 14604171
Botash AS, Sveen AR. Potential Burn Marks in 2 children: Child Abuse-or Mimic? Consultant for Pediatricians. September 2003. Vol2(8): 334-337
Ann S. Botash, Evaluating Child Sexual Abuse: Education Manual for Medical Professionals. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000, 238 pages
Faculty Profile Shortcut: http://www.upstate.edu/faculty/botasha
Practice/Contact Information
Child Abuse Referral and Evaluation Program (CARE)McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Center Maps and Directions
Address: 601 E. Genesee Street, Syracuse, NY 13202
Phone: 315-883-5617
Fax: 315-883-5616
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: Child Abuse Referral and Evaluation Program (CARE)
Insurance Info: Pediatric Service Group, LLP
University Pediatric and Adolescent CenterUniversity Health Care Center (UHCC) Maps and Directions
Address: 3rd Fl., 90 Presidential Plaza, Syracuse, NY 13202
Phone: 315 464-4357
Fax: 315 464-7212
Insurance Info: Pediatric Service Group, LLP


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He began singing professionally during the 1940s, touring in tent shows. In 1948, he joined Lionel Hampton's band, and he made his recording debut in with Hampton for Decca Records in January 1950. One of the songs from those sessions, "Everybody's Somebody's Fool," entered the R&B charts in October 1950 and became a Top Ten hit. Scott left Hampton in 1951 and went solo. An appearance with Paul Gayten's band at Rip's Playhouse in New Orleans that year was recorded by Regal Records, but went unissued for 40 years until Specialty Records released it in 1991 as Regal Records Live in New Orleans From 1951 to 1955, Scott recorded singles for Royal Roost, Coral, and Roost Records.
Then, in 1955, he moved to Savoy Records, which issued his first LP, Very Truly Yours, that year. In 1957, he switched to King Records for a series of singles, but in 1959 he returned to Savoy, which issued his second LP, The Fabulous Little Jimmy Scott, in 1960. In 1962, he signed to Ray Charles' Tangerine label and recorded his third album, Falling in Love Is Wonderful, but it had to be withdrawn shortly after its release when Savoy claimed he was still under contract there. This debacle led Scott to leave the music business (he eventually took a job as a shipping clerk at the Sheraton Hotel in Cleveland). In 1969, he recorded his fourth album, The Source, for Atlantic Records, and in 1975, he returned to Savoy for his fifth LP, Can't We Begin Again. But neither effort achieved commercial success, and he continued to work outside music.
Scott began performing in clubs again in 1985. In 1990, backed by the Jazz Expressions, he returned to the recording studio for J's Way Records. One of his longtime supporters was songwriter Doc Pomus, and when Pomus died on March 14, 1991, the by-now 65-year-old Scott sang at his funeral. The performance was heard by Seymour Stein, the head of Warner Bros. Records-distributed label Sire Records, who signed Scott to a contract. This led to a major comeback. In June 1991, Scott (billed as James V. Scott) appeared in an episode of director David Lynch's offbeat television series Twin Peaks. (Scott later appeared in the films Scotch and Milk [1998] and Chelsea Walls [2001].) He sang on Lou Reed's Sire album Magic and Loss, released in January 1992.
His own new album, All the Way (the first on which he was billed simply as Jimmy Scott), was released by Sire/Blue Horizon/Warner Bros. later in 1992 and reached number four on Billboard's jazz album chart, also earning a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. The same year, he sang on the soundtracks for the films Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and Glengarry Glen Ross. In 1993, Rhino Records delved into the Atlantic Records archives to assemble Lost and Found, containing some unreleased material from sessions in 1972; the album reached number 14 in the jazz charts. Scott's next album of new material, Dream, was released by Sire/Blue Horizon/Warner Bros. in 1994 and reached number eight in the jazz charts. Heaven, an album of gospel and spiritual songs, appeared in 1996 and reached number 19 in the jazz charts.
That concluded Scott's Warner Bros. contract, but he recorded Holding Back the Years for the Artists Only! label in 1998, and it reached number 14 in the jazz charts. In 2000, he moved to Milestone Records, and Mood Indigo reached number 17 in the jazz charts. Despite passing his 75th birthday, he continued to record frequently, releasing Over the Rainbow in 2001, But Beautiful in 2002, and Moon Glow in 2003. All of Me: Live in Tokyo appeared in 2004. Savoy Jazz issued All or Nothing at All in 2005. Jimmy Scott died in June 2014 at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada; he was 88 years old. ~ William Ruhlmann
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The New No. 1
After a dominating performance at The Opening in Portland, Ore., over the summer and a strong showing at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Fort Worth (Texas) Arlington Heights defensive tackle A'Shawn Robinson was voted on by the Scout.com National Analysts as the No. 1 defensive tackle and the No. 5 prospect in the country overall.
Robinson, who will sign with the college of his choice (Alabama, Florida State, Texas or USC) on Wednesday, narrowly edged out Sealy (Texas) High star Ricky Seals-Jones for the top spot in the regional rankings. Seals-Jones, a Texas A&M verbal commitment, had been holding on to the top spot for over a year.
Still on the Market
This year a few of the regions top prospects are still sorting through the recruiting process, looking for a place to call home.
Over 1/4 of the Midlands Top 20 are undecided. The aformentioned Robinson is at the top of the watch list, but he is not the only intriguing storyline.
St. Louis (Mo.) Burroughs running back Ezekiel Elliott has been a longtime commitment to Ohio State, but took a trip to Missouri last weekend and has now stated that he will be making his final intentions known on National Signing Day, when the smooth rusher will then only then break his silence with the media.
DeSoto (Texas) High speedster Dontre Wilson opened things back up after Oregon head coach Chip Kelly left for the NFL. Ironically, it may be Ohio State's interest in pursuing his recruitment which could ultimately cost it Elliott. Wilson will take one more official trip to Texas and then decide between the Ducks, Buckeyes and Longhorns.
Lancaster (Texas) High defensive end Daeshon Hall is considered by many as the defensive player of the Year in the Lone Star State and that is why he has so many schools ravenous over the possibility of his signature. TCU, Texas A&M and Washington are the final three and Hall is reportedly torn. He is a Seattle, Wash., native and would enjoy getting back to his roots, but TCU offers the chance at early playing time, while Texas A&M is on the rise in the SEC.
Waco (Texas) High powerhouse defensive tackle Andrew Billings has bee down to a final three of Baylor, TCU and Texas for a good while. He skipped out on a stop at the International Bowl to gather his thoughts and make a sound decision. The Horns have been thought of as the leader, but he has been back-and-forth a number of times as his choice has evaded him. He is set to announce next Tuesday on a radio broadcast in Waco.
Alief (Texas) Taylor High defensive end Torrodney Prevot is one of the quickest players in the game off of the edge and when he arcs around an offensive tackle he gets in the backfield in a hurry. He originally pledged to USC, but has taken official trips to Texas A&M and Oregon. It will be a signing day decision and the team he originally picked is considered by many to be the long shot.
By The Numbers
A whopping 123 players from the State of Texas can be found on the list.
3 players can be found on the list from the State of Kansas and 3 from the State of Nebraska. The top-rated 'Sunflower State' prospect is Conway Springs (Kan.) High's defensive end Tanner Wood, who is committed to Kansas State and the top-rated player from the 'Cornhusker State' is Lincoln (Neb.) Southwest defensive end Christian Lacouture, who is committed to LSU.
145 of the Midlands Top 150 prospects are already known to have been offered a scholarship to a BCS level program or have already made their commitment to sign with a BCS level program on National Letter of Intent Day.
1 is said to be the loneliest number, but maybe not in the case of Sioux Falls (S.D.) Washington High wide receiver Nathan Gerry. The 6'2, 205-pounder's talent sticks out like a sore thumb on film and because of his dominance he earned a full-ride to Nebraska. He is the lone player from South Dakota on the list.


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During Rob Kessler's 13 years as superintendent, the district's schools have been renovated, academic performances have improved, and finances have been balanced. Last week Kessler, 60, announced his plans to retire.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, November 8, 2007, 2:07 PM
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School superintendent moving on
Original post made on Nov 8, 2007
Like this commentPosted by Hal Bailey
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For Rob Kessler, a round of applause and thank YOU!
Many in Alamo's neighborhoods have shared notes of appreciation from your work, Rob, and wish you the very best in your future.
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- Airship takes to skies around Paris for first time in 30 years
- Latest zeppelin is size of jumbo jet -- but a lot lighter and slower
- Tickets a little more expensive than most Paris tours ... make that a lot
- Non-flammable gas makes craft "safest way to fly"
The sights of Paris are among the most familiar on the planet, but now tourists have a "new" way to see them -- by helium-filled airship.
Airship Paris's zeppelin -- 75 meters long, five stories high and as wide as a four-lane motorway -- made its inaugural commercial flight over a region of villages and woodland northwest of Paris on Sunday.
On clear days, the company says, the Eiffel Tower would be visible in the distance.
The Chateau de Versailles and Seine River are other sights to be seen on the airship's itineraries.
The German-made craft, the first commercial dirigible to fly over the Paris region in 30 years, according to Airship Paris, may have similar dimensions to an A380 superjumbo jet, but it's a little slower at maximum speed: 90 kilometers an hour, at a 900-meter altitude.
Tickets on the dirigible will be somewhat more expensive than other Paris tours, such as a seat on an open-top tour bus: prices start at just more than €200 ($265) for a half-hour flight.
Non-flammable fuel
The shadow of the Hindenburg disaster still hangs over airships, even though the hydrogen-fueled craft -- caught forever on spectacular newsreel footage -- exploded over a New Jersey airfield more than 75 years ago, in 1937.
Airship Paris is quick to emphasize the safety of its new zeppelin.
"This is probably the most safe aircraft [flying] because the gas inside is helium [which is] completely non-flammable," airship pilot Catherine Board, who is half-British and half-Belgian, told the Telegraph.
"If the engines fail, unlike an aircraft, which has to come down, [the airship] can float ... until we find a safe place to land."
Airship Paris hoped its zeppelin would become a familiar sight in the skies above France, not only for carrying downward-peering tourists, but for transporting cargo or for scientific missions.
However, one barrier to realizing those plans is simply the lack of existing infrastructure on the ground to cope with such a large aircraft.


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I wanna realize it
I graduate this summer and before to start the master (3-4 months) i wanna try to get a certification in penetration testing. My background is "normal" like a IT graduate, but i focused more, in the last months, on studying C and Networks. Unfortunately i've never learned scripting language (during university i not found the extra-time to study it, and here there arent courses).
I wanna ask you if there are any chance to get a certification in pentesting with my background. I saw a lot of certifications, but i dont know if i could be ready for these.
I think maybe eccpt could be the first step (cheaper than other and seem good) but someone told me that opst is better. (i dont know, need an advice)
Another idea was to try to find an internship/apprenticeship (in penetration testing) somewhere in Europe (to improve my english too), but the issue is: who want me? im not a professionist pentester or network IT manager or something like that.
I dont know what to choose, i only know that i want to start to become a penetration tester but i dont know HOW. Needs advices, help me
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What kit? This kit: the RPF :D
Due to the first shown and extremly nice build binocs from that kit on the RPF, i felt the urge to work on mine, too. :D And i decided to machine some upgrade parts first.
I made some of the masters to cast parts, one of them was the inner parts for the eye-pieces. Markus included the upper part of them within the printed rings before making his mold - that looks nice, but now i had to modify mine to install alu parts. When working them thinner they loose stability, so i needed a kind of support device to clamp them securely for machining.
I decided to use some Delrin to make that device - drilling 8 holes on a rotary-table, then turning it out, matching the outline of the upper eye-pieces.
Now the part can be pushed in:
That way it´s able to chuck them up without deforming the parts. It enables me to lathe the inner details out.
Both done:
Additional i decided to make me some little brass parts - turning 6mm stock down to 5mm on one end and 3mm on the other end, then threading the smaller side:
The new eye-pieces - outer rings in their new shape, new alu parts, and the inner alu tube that will hold the lenses.
This is the part that´s needed for the small on/of switch
Here you see what the earlier mentioned small brass parts are for - as i found no useable brass bolts with that special shape, to mount the shield, i made some. Man, these were a lot of work for so few and small parts :wacko.
And the clamps for the upper side, the small turret still needs to be drilled out.
All the parts together:
On the binoc body:
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Maybe you want a explanation why i changed the design of the alu parts for the eye-pieces, away from the parts i originally made.
It´s easy, they were designed and made at that time to fit the lasercut lenses, provided with the kit.
For my upgrade parts i wanted more versatility now, to enable them fitting with cut thin film/plastic discs, thin lenses, thick lenses, ..... you get what i´want. I don´t know how thick the lenses will be that i plan to find and use ...
Due to the inner tube with 22mm dia, and the visible opening of 18mm, you can use any found lens from 18,5 up to 22mm
Pushing the inner tube higher will hold any lense as thin as decided to use
If a thicker lens is used ..... the tube just will not be pushed that high.
With inserted lenses
And this are 2 lenses from my greeblie box. I will not use them as they are to different from each other, not only their thickness but also their curve ....... i just used them to show how extremely different parts could be used .....


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Am I the only one not ditting in the corner? Sounds painful.
Am I the only one not ditting in the corner? Sounds painful.
Mood: WOOF!
Those who say he hasn't run well in 2 years can't remember or appreciate his foot problems and the lack of a run blocking line last year... they were horrible. As I've said many times on here... the worst Giant OLine in 35-40 years.
Now, coincidentally with Diehl's injury (thank you for your good years, DD), Brown is the beneficiary and too many throw AB out with the bath water.
AB got a chance and he has responded to you AHoles.
AB gives 100%, every touch. Always has. You can't ask for more. After watching this team for over 50 years, max effort is what earns respect.
Well this thread was a massive fail LOL
"Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten"
Not even a good effort. 200/30=6.66 is only a 6.6 ypc. Wilson had 22 yards in one rush for a ypc average of 22. He also had a td on his rush making his rushing to td ratio 100%. Bradshaw's rush to td average was a measly 0.033333333 %
The d is right next to the s on my keyboard and you cannot edit Topics on here........my sincere Apologies and I hope my reverse Kharma helped inspire Bradshaw somehow


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I'm wondering what advice you might have for treatment of knots when building gear. Some of the wood I have is pretty knotty, but they're sound. Do you just paint them, or do you have a particular approach to keeping them solid?
I'm wondering what advice you might have for treatment of knots when building gear. Some of the wood I have is pretty knotty, but they're sound. Do you just paint them, or do you have a particular approach to keeping them solid?
work the paint in good, spakel with construction adhesive before paint if in doubt.
When you cut up the wood, keep knots away from edges and ends of pieces. Milling and assembly will be much easier.
I like the construction adhesive idea. I usually put a good coat of Titebond III on the knots before priming and painting.
Definately (use good quality) primer then paint two coats. Typically they will not fall out unless the are loose from the start.
Loose ones... Titebond glue.
I tried to trim away knowts when ripping boards down and avoid getting them on the cut ends, so that assembly would be easier. The knotted areas soak up a lot more paint, so i just kept applying paint until they wouldn't soak up any more. I like the idea of squishing in some glue before painting. I wish i would have done that.
hot glue gun fixes them pretty good
A friend of mine staples screen over large knots he thinks may come loose.
"Of all God's creatures, only the honeybee improves its environment and preys on no other species."--Haydon Brown
We cut all knots out andf make select boxes. Sometimes we let small knots go but we knock them out or drill them out. We use bondo(the stuff for cars) to fill.
If I come across gaps around the knots I'll mix some Titebond III with sawdust from my table saw and work it into a paste-like consistency . Then press it into the gaps. After curing, sand it smooth and paint. It makes an excellent fill and bonds the knot to the rest of the board.
To everything there is a season....
The larger knots that look like they might loosen up I will coat them with Titebond III from both sides before painting. John
Like others have said, I prefer elmers wood working glue, but yeah I slather a bunch of glue on the knots on the outside of the box, my bees tend to cap them off on the inside with propolis (maybe due to their rough texture?) and then just paint over when the glue dries. Make sure I get a good coating of paint on them is all. Haven't had any problems since.
We the willing have done so much with so little for so long we can now do anything with nothing
oil based or latex paint?????
I used latex, as this is what I had on hand, but while looking through old posts, I found comments in a few places indicating that the use of oil based was fine. I think the oil based is overlooked becasue there are no monetary savings, and it is harder to clean up, requiring chemicals, also if sprayed, it nearly always requires a thinner to be used. Furthermore, Home depot doesn;t havea shelf of "oops" oil paints


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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by Jenky, Dec 9, 2012.
More crossing routes please Garrett....
Yep, Dez is great.
Also, AJ Green came up short for his team today, a lot of dropped passes. I think you can now say Dez is right up there with the cream of the crop.
Well done Dez!!
yessir........stringing performances together, no sulking when taken out for stretches---now question is why is he being able to be taken out for stretches?
Dez, and Romo were both off today but both came through when it mattered most. Congrats Dez. :starspin
Congrats to that man! So good to see him coming into himself...
He's stacking! I've been hard on him because of his immaturity and inability to learn the play book (apparently)! I hope the upward trend continues!!
Really proud of Dez at this point. He's playing like he belongs in the end zone. It's his and he won't be denied.
I didnt even notice him going over today. He has really turned it on and I love that he is such a monster now. Also, I love the he popped up after he got hammered... Tough!
There is a lot of crow being served up after the 1K mark.
Name the receivers in this league that you would take over Bryant?
It probably wouldn't be many.
No, there would be one. Only one though.
my ignore list is about to get this work
He'd probably be ranked number 2 flat out should they involve him in more than just the 2nd half of games.
Great job Dez. You're only moving forwards.
What a bag of Tools
I remember it being pretty easy to bag on Dez here on these forums.
Ya think? I saved all the Witten ones too...
I can LOL @ those all day.
Yeah, I'd like to see them do it now...Outside of Romo, he is our most dynamic player
Yes, more dynamic than Ware....
He should have the highest or 2nd highest rating(behind Romo), in a game like Madden next year on our team.
Congrats Dez! :starspin


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You guys think we have a shot at Barkevious Mingo?
You guys think we have a shot at Barkevious Mingo?
since I started looking at mocks a few moths back, he's been slipping..
I think theres a great chance he'll be there at #19.
Mingo and Montgomery looked good in bowl game vs clemson before getting hurt.
Mingo is a very big possibility for the Giants as he fills the biggest need, an edge Rusher. In my opinion he has been playing out of position at LSU , Mingo is clearly a LB. If the Giants drafted Mingo Id could see Kiwi being moved back to End Full time and Mingo taking over his spot at LB. Mingo would be moved around and utilized as a Blitzer primarily. In this role if kept clean he could be absolutely devastating.
Now im not going to say that if this pick is made it will work out , in fact it would scare the hell out of me. That being said I do think its a possibility
If you watch a lot of Mingo's games, against any mobile QBs LSU tends to have Mingo spy them, and doesnt let him rush. Not sure thats a great strategy, but either way, it certainly limits Mingo's stats.
He is athleticially a total freak. And I dont believe LSU does a very good job coaching of their DL either, Brockers was largely average at LSU, but was great for the Rams.
How useful could a guy like Mingo be in chasing down the RG3s of the world? He does remind me a bit of a younger Osi, especially when he times the snaps and blows right past the OTs
Watch when they try to option him, he destroys option plays because he gets to the mesh point so quickly.
This is going to be such an incredible year for DEs at the combine if Mingo declares. Can you imagine the performances Mingo, Ansah, Jordan, Hunt, etc are going to put up?
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I think we draft the Best DE Available. Osi Gone, Tuck getting older, Keep on building our strength!!
Personally I dont want Mingo, if we have the choice between him and Ansah at 19 id take the latter


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In perspective, last game we gave up less than 20 points i think it was. A defense that can hold any team to under 20 should equate to a very successful team.
Its our offense that has failed to put up points consistently (except for Carolina) that is really hurting us. Badly.


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The "C-Section Six"
February 19th was not just any old Wednesday at HAWS. By mid-afternoon our shelter had welcomed 6 new residents – but they didn't arrive in one of the usual ways…
A lovely young Pit Bull arrived at HAWS on Valentine's Day. A stray, she was found not far from the shelter and brought in by a concerned citizen.
It didn't take a close examination to figure out that this was a soon-to-be-mom. HAWS' SNIP vet, Dr. Meyer, predicted the pups would arrive before their mom's stray hold was up a week later.
Birth day arrived shortly! Mom delivered her first baby on the morning of the 19th, but staff soon realized that she was going to need help with the rest of her litter, and an emergency c-section was performed! Soon, HAWS' caretakers were cleaning and suctioning and warming six beautiful puppies. Mom jumped in right away to take over, and the family settled in for recovery.
Knowing the importance of early development, almost immediately HAWS' Mod Squad members led the staff in "Super Dog" exercises. These are designed to encourage neurological growth and stimulate the newborn puppies' senses, getting them off to the best start possible...after a rather traumatic entry into the world.
What's up next for the "C-Section Six" and their Mom? The little family headed off to a breed rescue for foster care, to quickly get them into that all-important home environment! They are receiving very close monitoring and lots of socialization time, and when the right day comes they will all be adopted into loving families.
Many thanks to the woman who found this dog and cared enough to bring her to safety at HAWS! Kudos to the HAWS vet care team, caretakers and animal handlers for their quick actions and expertise. And gratitude to the wonderful folks at breed rescue for opening their home and hearts to foster this new little clan.
Happy trails and tails, Aurora Moo-Moo, Tonka, Zoey, Murphy, Mimi, Sephora and Pirate!
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The book shows the recipe as one large tart but I made individual ones. I also spiced them up a bit by adding a little chilli paste to the base layer. Follow the recipe below and add your own touches.
Serves 4
2 sheets (about 300g) pre-rolled flaky pastry, thawed
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp dried basil or 1 tbsp pesto
1 tbsp water
1/2 tsp dried marjoram
1/2 tsp salt
grind of freshly ground black pepper
250g small ripe tomatoes
1 small red onion
1/2 medium yellow or red capsicum, deseeded
1 medium zucchini
1-2 cloves garlic, crushed, peeled and chopped (optional)
about 8 basil leaves, roughly shredded
2 tbsp olive oil
100g feta cheese, crumbled
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Preheat the oven to 200ºC.
1 Lay the first sheet of pastry on a lightly oiled or non-stick sprayed baking sheet.
Brush the surface lightly with water, then lay the second sheet exactly on top. Roll or press the two sheets lightly together. Without cutting right through the pastry, run a sharp knife around the sheet about 1.5-2cm inside the edge, marking out a smaller square.
2 Mix together the tomato paste, dried basil or pesto, water, marjoram, salt and pepper. Spread this paste evenly over the surface of the smaller square, trying to keep the edge clean. Cut each of the tomatoes and the onion into 6-8 small wedges, and slice the capsicum into strips about 1cm wide. Halve the zucchini lengthwise and cut into thin (5mm) ribbons.
3 Combine the vegetables, garlic (if using) and basil leaves in a plastic bag or bowl. Add the olive oil, and stir gently until the vegetables are well mixed and evenly coated with oil.
4 Arrange the prepared vegetables over the paste-covered base, then sprinkle the tart evenly with crumbled feta. Season with salt and pepper to taste, then bake at 200C for 20-25 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.
Serve hot, warm or cold with a green salad or as part of a picnic buffet.
Extracted with permission from The Ultimate Vegetarian Collection by Simon and Alison Holst, published by New Holland, RRP $55.


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Arthur C. Clarke wrote: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." In the same vein, perhaps any sufficiently advanced science risks being mistaken for the raving of a crackpot.
This uncomfortable thought is prompted by a book that has landed on my desk with a five-pound thud. The title promises A New Kind of Science, and inside are claims no less extravagant. "I have discovered vastly more than I ever thought possible," the author's preface boasts, "and in fact what I have done now touches almost every existing area of science, and quite a bit besides." In 1,200 pages, this one volume—the work of one person—undertakes to explain the structure of space and time at the deepest level, clears up the mysteries of entropy and randomness, and elbows aside mathematics and statistics as central tools of scientific analysis. Along the way, the book also corrects the errors of Darwinism, shows where chaos theory went wrong, explains the forms of seashells, tree leaves and snowflakes, and puts human free will on a proper philosophical footing.
The author acknowledges that these grand ambitions may be met with a measure of skepticism. "If I myself were just to pick up this book today without having spent the past twenty years thinking about its contents, I have little doubt that I too would not believe many of the things it says." But he urges patience and perseverance. To assimilate the new ideas "will require an investment of years comparable to learning an area like physics." Those mired in the old kind of science may resist at first, but, "In time I expect that the ideas in this book will come to pervade not only science and technology but also many areas of general thinking. And with this its methods will eventually become a standard part of education—much as mathematics is today."
Such grandiose visions are often a telltale sign of the crank, and there are other reasons to be wary here. The author has been working in seclusion and secrecy for 10 years, and during that time has submitted none of his results to peer review. The publisher of the volume is the author's own company, so that even now there was been no opportunity for independent editorial judgment. The circumstances suggest a person cut off from the social context of science.
And yet the author of A New Kind of Science is not an outsider, and he is not a crank or a crackpot. He is Stephen Wolfram, physicist, computer scientist and entrepreneur. Wolfram published his first paper in particle physics at age 15 and earned a Ph.D. at 20. He was a precocious professor at Caltech, then moved to the Institute for Advanced Study and later the University of Illinois before leaving the academic world to create the software called Mathematica. His ideas deserve a reading even if they are presented in a manner that raises both eyebrows and hackles.
Before proceeding further I should disclose my own occasional interactions with Stephen Wolfram. As a magazine editor I once invited him to write an article; some years later I wrote a review of Mathematica (and accepted a complimentary copy of the software, as well as a T-shirt); on another occasion I wrote for The Mathematica Journal, which was sponsored by Wolfram Research, Inc. More recently, as a condition of being allowed to see A New Kind of Science in advance of publication, I signed a nondisclosure agreement, which has now expired. And a few weeks ago Wolfram and I met to talk about the book.
Science is usually viewed as an inductive art, which starts with observations or experiments and proceeds toward laws of nature. Wolfram stands this process on its head, suggesting that we start by listing all possible laws of nature and then see which of them might correspond to observed events.
Is such a scheme feasible? If we set out to compile a catalogue of all conceivable natural laws, where would we begin, and how would we know when to stop? Wolfram answers by introducing abstract systems small enough and simple enough that we can enumerate all the rules or programs that might possibly govern their behavior. In these systems you don't have to go very far down the list before the rules start making toy worlds with interesting properties.
Wolfram first formulated these ideas in studies of cellular automata—geometric arrays of minimalist computing elements, called cells. Each cell in an automaton has a finite number of possible states, and it spends its time continually recomputing this state. To do so it looks at its own present state and at the states of a few neighboring cells, then applies a fixed rule to determine its next state. As soon as all the cells have updated their states in this way, the process starts over. All the cells use the same rule and operate in synchrony.
In the early 1980s Wolfram began a systematic survey of one-dimensional cellular automata, where the cells are arranged in a line or a ring. The operation of a one-dimensional automaton is particularly easy to visualize: If you draw the line of cells horizontally and show successive states of the system going down the page, the result is a two-dimensional spacetime diagram that reveals the entire evolution of the system.
Consider a one-dimensional automaton where the cells have just two possible states (black and white) and where each cell interacts only with its nearest neighbors. There are eight possible configurations of a cell and its two neighbors, and for each of these configurations the next state can be either black or white. Hence there are 28 possible rules for the evolution of the system. These 256 rules are all the available candidates for laws of nature in this tiny universe.
Can anything interesting ever happen in a world of such meager resources? Wolfram identifies four broad categories of behavior, which are illustrated in Figure 1. First are simple repetitive patterns, such as all white cells or all black cells, or alternation in stripes and checkerboards. The second category includes self-similar, fractal patterns, whose characteristic feature Wolfram describes as "nesting." In the third category are rules that generate apparent randomness; although the output is not a totally patternless spatter of black and white cells, the sequence of states of a single cell can have the statistical properties of a random series. Finally, a few rules yield localized structures that maintain their coherence while moving through the cellular space. These persistent structures are reminiscent of particles being created and annihilated in a quantum field theory.
It was the random patterns and the persistent structures that caught Wolfram's attention. Where does all that complexity come from? The naive assumption might have been that simple rules would yield only simple behavior, and the complexity of the pattern would grow steadily along with the complexity of the underlying rules. But Wolfram observed a different relation: There is a threshold of complexity. If the rules are kept simple enough to stay below the threshold, the outcome is always rather dull. (For example, a cellular automaton in which each cell's next state depends only on that same cell's present state is inevitably repetitious.) But once the rules get just a little more intricate, all four categories of behavior appear. What's more, once the system has crossed the threshold, further embellishments of the rules have little effect. New details may appear, but all the patterns can still be assigned to the same four basic categories.
To provide evidence in support of this last assertion, Wolfram surveys an exuberant variety of systems—some familiar, some novel, all interesting in their own right. He looks at cellular automata with more than two states per cell, including systems where the range of possible states is a continuum. He considers cellular automata in two and three dimensions. He studies automata where the cells are updated one at a time rather than simultaneously. Leaving behind the theme of cellular automata, he studies Turing machines and grammar-driven systems where substitution rules allow a string of symbols to grow and change. He looks at differential equations and at iterated numerical functions. He even examines the sequence of prime numbers. In each case his conclusion is the same: Simple sets of rules can generate complex outputs, but piling further complications onto the rules leads to little additional complexity in the outcome.
It's all very well to dabble in disembodied bits and streams of digits, but what has all this to do with science in our world of atoms and energy? Wolfram's answer is that the same kinds of simple rules or programs are found at work everywhere in the universe.
One case where the mapping between the two realms is quite direct comes from biology, where certain mollusk shells are decorated with patterns similar to those produced by some cellular automata. And the resemblance is surely not a coincidence: The shell patterns are deposited by a row of pigment-secreting cells (that is, biological cells) that appear to act much like a one-dimensional cellular automaton, with neighboring cells communicating through the exchange of chemical signals. These resemblances have been noted before, but Wolfram argues for an unusually strong version of the idea, claiming that all possible cellular automaton rules in a certain class are observed on mollusk shells.
Elsewhere in biology, Wolfram applies similar methods of analysis to other pigment patterns, to the arrangement of stems and branches in plants, and to the shapes of leaves. In physics he treats the growth of snowflakes and other crystals, the fracturing of solids and the onset of turbulence in fluids. There is even a brief discussion of economics, suggesting that the kind of randomness observed in some cellular automata could account for price fluctuations in stock markets.
In another chapter of A New Kind of Science Wolfram presents his version of the thesis that the universe as a whole is something like a cellular automaton. The model looks below the level of everyday experience and even beyond the events studied in high-energy physics, where the world seems to be made up of electrons and quarks and other "elementary" particles, moving through a continuum of space. In Wolfram's view of the universe there is no continuum, and particles are a mere epiphenomenon; indeed, motion and geometry are also little more than illusions. In this cosmology, space and time are both assumed to be discrete, just as they are in a cellular automaton, and the only things that move are signals passing from cell to cell.
The most obvious way of implementing this idea would be to partition space into tiny cubical volumes, creating a cellular automaton on a three-dimensional grid. Wolfram looks with disfavor on this simplest solution because it imposes a particular geometry on space and also requires some kind of master clock to synchronize the updating of all the cells throughout the grid. His alternative is a model where the cells are nodes of a free-form network that has a well-defined topology but no specific geometry. In other words, the connections between nodes are all determined beforehand, but the spatial coordinates of the nodes are left unspecified. Concepts such as shape and position have no meaning at this level: The geometry of space emerges from the model rather than being built into it. Specifically, our world is perceived as being three-dimensional because each node of the network has three incoming links from other nodes and three outgoing links, creating the same connectivity as a three-dimensional lattice. Another feature of the model is that updating the cells requires no synchronizing master clock; updating events propagate along the links of the network itself. Making each link a one-way conduit defines a direction for time and causality; the whole structure is called a causal net.
This theory of everything is one of the book's wilder flights of fancy; there is no immediate prospect of testing it by experiment. But the same is true of all other attempts to explain the structure of the universe at this level of detail. In any case, Wolfram is not coy in his manner of proposing the model. When I asked him how seriously he intends it to be taken, he said he would be quite surprised if something very much like it doesn't turn out to be right.
Wolfram warns that developing an intuition for his new kind of science will take months, "even for the most talented and open-minded people." For me I suppose it may take years. But even if I am premature in passing judgment, I want to give a preliminary assessment of a few major themes.
The core notion—that simple rules or programs can yield complex behavior—is surely both true and important. Whether it constitutes "a new kind of science" remains to be seen.
A closely related point is Wolfram's insistence that programs or algorithms are the best way of expressing ideas in the sciences. In particular, explicit rules of evolution are preferable to equations, which merely state the constraints that a system must satisfy without necessarily showing how to satisfy them. Perhaps he's right; my own experience is that I understand best what I can program. But Wolfram would expand this observation into a broad indictment of "the mathematical framework traditionally used in the exact sciences," which is reckless overkill. Wolfram obviously needs that framework (and uses it expertly) in his own work.
The concepts of randomness and complexity are central to the argument of this book, and yet Wolfram is curiously lax about defining them. He doesn't address the issue directly until 550 pages into his narrative, after many references to "intrinsic generation of randomness" in cellular automata and other simple systems. If you are accustomed to thinking of randomness as an inherent property of a pattern—something that can be traced back to the way it was created—"intrinsic generation" makes no sense in this context, because the mechanism that created the pattern is totally deterministic. It turns out that Wolfram defines randomness and complexity in terms of how patterns are perceived rather than how they are created. Roughly speaking, if it looks random, it is random. Fair enough, but it remains unclear just what is being generated intrinsically.
With the exception of the cosmic causal net, the examples that illustrate applications of Wolfram's ideas are strangely bland. Snowflakes, fluid turbulence, branching in plants, pigment patterns in animals—these are all rather shopworn specimens, which have long been explained by models of the same general type. (Alan Turing gave a computational account of leopard spots and zebra stripes 50 years ago.) If the new kind of science is to have much generality, it will need to show its worth in other areas. In developmental biology, for example, can we write a simple program that explains the complex structure of Caenorhabditis elegans? Anatomists have traced the paths of all 959 somatic cells in this worm, but expressing the underlying algorithm in terms of a few simple rules looks like a challenge.
Wolfram's comments on evolutionary biology are perhaps the lamest passages of the entire book. Noting that some traits of some organisms seem to explore the entire space of available variations, he concludes that Darwinian selection can't be acting on those traits. "It is my suspicion," he writes, "that at least many of the visually most striking differences—associated for example with texture and pigmentation patterns—in the end have almost nothing to do with natural selection. And instead what I believe is that such differences are in essence just reflections of completely random changes in underlying genetic programs." He writes as if he were unaware that a debate between neutralists and selectionists had ever entered biology.
All of the programmable systems explored in A New Kind of Science have a distinctive trait in common: They have a densely occupied space of programs. In a cellular automaton, for example, any rule relating a neighborhood configuration to a next state is a valid program. Other programmable systems—such as desktop computers and the DNA-reading apparatus of the living cell—are much choosier about what they will recognize as a valid program. If you try feeding them random strings of bits or random sequences of nucleotides, you're in for a frustrating experience. It's not obvious to me how the paradigm of complex behavior from simple rules can be extended to such systems.
So much for the content of A New Kind of Science. The book also has a personal and historical context that requires comment.
In a note titled "clarity and modesty," Wolfram explains that he had to sacrifice the latter to attain the former. But immodesty is only half the issue here. The problem is not just the rosy spotlight that Wolfram shines upon himself at center stage; it's also the utter darkness that enshrouds all the other actors in this drama. The main text of A New Kind of Science (850 pages) names no names at all; the only work attributed to a specific individual is Wolfram's. The notes at the end of the book (another 350 pages in smaller type) do mention names of people, but briefly, grudgingly and often dismissively. (It's remarkable how many discoverers failed to appreciate the significance of their own work.) And many of the historical notes manage to present an anonymized history, written in the passive voice: "By the end of the 1950s it had been noted that...." "Over the course of the 1960s constructions were found...."
The book has no bibliography; the only references listed are Wolfram's own publications.
Here is a precis of Wolfram's history of cellular automata. He discovered them in 1981 (although he had made important precursor experiments earlier, as a teenager). Some time later he learned that John von Neumann had had the idea 30 years earlier. But von Neumann missed making the crucial discovery that simple rules could produce complex behavior, and so did others who toyed with the systems in the intervening years. By the late 1970s, "research on systems equivalent to cellular automata had largely petered out." But then the publication of Wolfram's papers redefined and reinvigorated the field, drawing in many followers—although most of them went off on the wrong tangent or wasted their time on trivial details.
It didn't happen that way. To begin with, interest in cellular automata did not peter out in the 1970s; it was thriving. The field continued to grow in the 1980s, when Wolfram's participation doubtless helped, but more important was work on the physics of computation and reversible cellular automata. Wolfram took no part in that. The main actors were Edward Fredkin, Charles Bennett, Tommaso Toffoli and Norman Margolus—who were also, as it happens, the ones who explained to Wolfram in 1981 the nature and historical context of his own work.
Wolfram's telling of the mollusk-shell story is another notable example of delusional history. The shells have been known since antiquity, he says, "but almost no efforts to understand the origins of such patterns seem ever to have been made." He then mentions one such effort, by C. H. Waddington and Russell Cowe, but says it was too narrow. He ignores entirely a cellular automaton devised in 1973 by G. T. Herman and W. H. Liu to model one of the shell patterns. According to Wolfram, only his 1982 discovery brought the matter to wide attention and led others to take it up. Among those others was Hans Meinhardt, but Wolfram disparages his models as being too elaborate. In fact, Meinhardt came to the problem independently of Wolfram; what brought the shell to his attention was seeing it on his dinner plate in an Italian restaurant. And his models are elaborate because they account for the specific features observed on actual shells, rather than simply declaring that all shells look like one cellular automaton or another.
At the end of a long lunch with Wolfram, our conversation turned to these matters of history and attribution, then drifted on to a related topic. I asked why he had not given his new kind of science a name. In the book, he refers constantly to "the new kind of science I describe in this book," which gets cumbersome after the first 50 repetitions. He said he'd struggled to come up with a suitable name, but nothing quite fit the bill. At Wolfram Research, people spoke of "NKS," he said, or sometimes "Wolfram science."
"Are there any sciences named for people?" I wondered aloud.
"Well, there's Newtonian physics," he replied.
It was not the first time the names Wolfram and Newton have been mentioned in the same breath, and I suppose it might be taken as further evidence of an ego bursting all bounds. But I see it in another light: He is simply too modest to name the field Wolframian science. That part is left to us.
© Brian Hayes
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/the-world-according-to-wolfram/3
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Bradycardia is a slower than normal heart rate. The heart usually beats between 60 and 100 times a minute in an adult at rest. If you have bradycardia (brad-e-KAHR-dee-uh), your heart beats fewer than 60 times a minute.
Bradycardia can be a serious problem if the heart doesn't pump enough oxygen-rich blood to the body. For some people, however, bradycardia doesn't cause symptoms or complications.
An implanted pacemaker and other treatments may correct bradycardia and help your heart maintain an appropriate rate.
If you have bradycardia, your brain and other organs may not get the supply of oxygen they need. As a result, you may experience these bradycardia symptoms:
A resting heart rate slower than 60 beats a minute may be normal for some people, particularly for healthy young adults and trained athletes. For these people, bradycardia isn't considered a health problem.
A number of conditions can cause signs and symptoms of bradycardia. It's important to get a prompt, accurate diagnosis and appropriate care. See your doctor if you or your child experiences any symptoms of bradycardia.
If you faint, have difficulty breathing or have chest pain lasting more than a few minutes, get emergency care or call 911 or your local emergency number. Seek emergency care for anyone experiencing these symptoms.
Bradycardia is caused by something that disrupts the normal electrical impulses controlling the rate of your heart's pumping action. Many things can cause or contribute to problems with your heart's electrical system, including:
Your heart is made up of four chambers — two upper chambers (atria) and two lower chambers (ventricles). The rhythm of your heart is normally controlled by a natural pacemaker (the sinus node) located in the right atrium. The sinus node produces electrical impulses that initiate each heartbeat.
From the sinus node, electrical impulses travel across the atria, causing the atria to contract and pump blood into the ventricles.
The electrical impulses then arrive at a cluster of cells called the atrioventricular (AV) node.
The AV node transmits the signal to a specialized collection of cells called the bundle of His. These cells transmit the signal down a left branch serving the left ventricle and a right branch serving the right ventricle.
When the electrical impulse travels down these branches, the ventricles contract and pump blood — the right ventricle sending oxygen-poor blood to the lungs and the left ventricle sending oxygen-rich blood to the body.
Bradycardia occurs when electrical signals slow down or are blocked.
Bradycardia often starts in the sinus node. A slow heart rate may occur because the sinus node:
In some people, the sinus node problems may result in alternating slow and fast heart rates (bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome).
Bradycardia may also occur because electrical signals transmitted through the atria aren't transmitted to the ventricles (heart block, or atrioventricular block).
The disruption of the electrical signal may occur in the AV node, the bundle of His, or somewhere along the left and right branches that transmit electrical signals to the ventricles. Heart blocks are classified based on the degree to which signals from the atria reach your heart's main pumping chambers (ventricles).
Third-degree (complete) heart block. In third-degree heart block, none of the electrical impulses from the atria reaches the ventricles. When this happens, the bundle of His or other tissues of the ventricles function as a substitute pacemaker for the ventricles.
These substitutes result in slow and sometimes unreliable electrical impulses to control the beat of the ventricles.
Bundle branch block. The interruption of an electrical signal somewhere in the right or left bundle branches, near the end of the pathway for electrical impulses, is called a bundle branch block.
The seriousness of bundle branch block depends on whether both branches are affected, the presence of other types of heart block and the degree of damage to heart tissue.
Complications of untreated bradycardia vary depending on how slow the heart rate is, where the electrical conduction problem occurs and what kind of damage may be present in heart tissue.
If bradycardia is significant enough to cause symptoms, possible complications of the slow heart rate may include:
A key risk factor for bradycardia is age. Heart problems, which are often associated with bradycardia, are more common in older adults.
Bradycardia is often associated with damage to heart tissue from some type of heart disease.
Therefore, factors that increase your risk of heart disease may also increase the risk of bradycardia. Lifestyle changes or medical treatment may decrease the risk of heart disease associated with the following factors:
Whether you first see your family doctor or get emergency care, you'll likely be referred to a doctor trained in heart conditions (cardiologist) for one or more appointments for a complete diagnostic assessment.
If possible, take along a family member or friend who can give some moral support and help you keep track of new information. Because there may be a lot to discuss, it will be helpful to prepare as much as possible.
Make a list ahead of time that you can share with your doctor. Your list should include:
List your questions from most important to least important in case time runs out. Basic questions to ask your doctor include:
In addition to the questions you've prepared to ask your doctor, don't hesitate to ask additional questions that may come up during your appointment.
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions. Being ready to answer them may reserve time to go over any points you want to spend more time on. Your doctor may ask:
To diagnose your condition, your doctor will review your symptoms, review your medical and family history, and conduct a physical examination.
Your doctor will also order a series of tests to measure your heart rate, establish a link between a slow heart rate and your symptoms, and identify conditions that may be causing bradycardia.
An electrocardiogram, also called an ECG or EKG, is a primary tool for evaluating bradycardia.
An ECG uses small sensors (electrodes) attached to your chest and arms to record electrical signals as they travel through your heart. Your doctor can look for patterns among these signals to determine what kind of bradycardia you have.
Your doctor may also have you use a portable ECG device at home to provide more information about your heart rate and to help establish a correlation between a slow heart rate and the onset of symptoms. These devices include:
Holter monitor. This portable ECG device is carried in your pocket or worn on a belt or shoulder strap. It can record your heart's activity for an entire 24-hour period, which provides your doctor with a prolonged look at your heart rhythms.
Your doctor will likely ask you to keep a diary during the same 24 hours. You'll describe any symptoms you experience and record the time they occur.
Event recorder. This portable ECG device is intended to monitor your heart activity over a few weeks to a few months. You activate it only when you experience symptoms that may be related to a slow heart rate.
When you feel symptoms, you push a button, and an ECG strip of the preceding few minutes and following few minutes is recorded. This permits your doctor to determine your heart rhythm at the time of your symptoms.
Your doctor may also use an ECG monitor while performing other tests to understand the impact of bradycardia. These tests include:
Tilt table test. This test helps your doctor better understand how your bradycardia contributes to fainting spells. You lie flat on a special table, and then the table is tilted as if you were standing up.
Changes in the position may cause a fainting spell and help your doctor to establish a link between your heart rate and fainting episodes.
Your doctor will order blood tests to screen for underlying conditions that may be contributing to bradycardia, such as an infection, hypothyroidism or an electrolyte imbalance.
If sleep apnea is suspected of contributing to bradycardia, you may undergo tests to monitor your sleep.
Treatment for bradycardia depends on the type of electrical conduction problem, the severity of symptoms and the cause of your slow heart rate.
If an underlying disorder, such as hypothyroidism or obstructive sleep apnea, is causing bradycardia, treatment of the disorder may correct bradycardia.
A number of medications, including some to treat other heart conditions, can cause bradycardia.
Your doctor will check what medications you're taking and may recommend alternative treatments. Changing drugs or lowering dosages may correct problems with a slow heart rate.
When alternative treatments aren't possible and symptoms require treatment, a pacemaker is necessary.
A pacemaker is a battery-operated device about the size of a cellphone that's implanted under your collarbone. Wires from the device are threaded through veins and into your heart. Electrodes at the end of the wires are attached to heart tissues.
The pacemaker monitors your heart rate and generates electrical impulses as necessary to maintain an appropriate rate.
Most pacemakers also capture and record information that your cardiologist can use to monitor your heart. You will have regularly scheduled follow-up appointments to check your heart and ensure the proper function of your pacemaker.
The most effective way to prevent bradycardia is to reduce your risk of developing heart disease. If you already have heart disease, monitor it and follow your treatment plan to lower your risk of bradycardia.
Treat or eliminate risk factors that may lead to heart disease. Take the following steps:
If you already have heart disease, there are steps you can take to lower your risk of developing bradycardia or another heart rhythm disorder:
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is ranked among the Best Hospitals for heart and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report.
Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people. In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.
At Mayo Clinic in Arizona, doctors trained in diagnosing and treating diseases of the heart and blood vessels (cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons) evaluate and treat people with bradycardia and other heart arrhythmias.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 800-446-2279 (toll-free) 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
Doctors trained in diagnosing and treating diseases of the heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular diseases) work with doctors trained in heart surgery and rehabilitation to evaluate and treat people with bradycardia and other heart arrhythmias at Mayo Clinic in Florida.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 904-953-0853 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
Doctors trained in diagnosing and treating diseases of the heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular diseases) work with doctors trained in electrophysiology and heart surgery to evaluate and treat people with bradycardia and other heart arrhythmias at Mayo Clinic's Heart Rhythm Clinic in Minnesota.
For appointments or more information, call Cardiovascular Diseases at 507-284-3994 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
Doctors trained to treat children with heart disorders (pediatric cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons) work in teams with other health care professionals to offer appropriate diagnosis and treatment options for your child with bradycardia or another heart condition.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 507-538-3270 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
See information on patient services at the three Mayo Clinic locations, including transportation options and lodging.
Mayo Clinic researchers are actively involved in finding innovative ways to diagnose and treat bradycardia and other heart rhythm disorders. Read more about heart rhythm disease and cardiovascular diseases research at Mayo Clinic.
See a list of publications by Mayo Clinic doctors on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.
Original article: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bradycardia/care-at-mayo-clinic/why-choose-mayo-clinic/CON-20028373
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