Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Mitchel is a reporter for MDedge based in the Philadelphia area. He started with the company in 1992, when it was International Medical News Group (IMNG), and has since covered a range of medical specialties. Mitchel trained as a virologist at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, and then worked briefly as a researcher at Boston Children's Hospital before pivoting to journalism as a AAAS Mass Media Fellow in 1980. His first reporting job was with Science Digest magazine, and from the mid-1980s to early-1990s he was a reporter with Medical World News. @mitchelzoler

Opinion

Hard road disproving that statins make you dumb

Author:: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Publish date: April 4, 2017

Do statins adversely affect mental health? The short answer is “no.”

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VIDEO: Internet-based intervention shows antihypertensive efficacy

Author:: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Publish date: March 24, 2017

The added benefit from the e-counseling program was “like adding an additional antihypertensive medication.”

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VIDEO: Postop troponin T spike flags high mortality risk

Author:: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Publish date: March 21, 2017

WASHINGTON – Measuring troponin T before and after noncardiac surgery can identify patients with up to a fivefold 30-day risk of death.

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Get With the Guidelines propels stroke thrombolytic therapy

Author:: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Publish date: March 20, 2017

HOUSTON – GWTG-Stroke may be the key to increased, improved use of tPA for treating patients experiencing a stroke.

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Evolocumab doesn’t make patients dumb

Author:: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Publish date: March 19, 2017

WASHINGTON – Concerns about possible adverse cognitive effects from the new lipid-lowering drug evolocumab and from aggressive lowering of LDL chol...

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BNP flags high atrial fibrillation prevalence in ESUS stroke

Author:: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Publish date: March 18, 2017

HOUSTON – There is “compelling” evidence for measuring serum BNP levels in patients with ESUS in order to determine who should undergo Holter monit...

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VIDEO: Evolocumab caused no cognitive issues in FOURIER substudy

Author:: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Publish date: March 18, 2017

WASHINGTON - The PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab showed no effect on memory or cognition in the EBBINGHAUS substudy of FOURIER.

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Moderate exercise benefits hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients

Author:: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Publish date: March 18, 2017

There were clinically meaningful improvements in exercise capacity; patients felt better.

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VIDEO: Stroke thrombectomy count jumps after 2015 landmark reports

Author:: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Publish date: March 15, 2017

HOUSTON – By mid-2016, roughly 20%-33% of U.S. ischemic stroke patients eligible for thrombectomy received the treatment.

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Mobile stroke units becoming more common despite cost effectiveness questions

Author:: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Publish date: March 14, 2017

HOUSTON – Are mobile stroke units effective in either improved clinical outcome or cost?

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Hydroxychloroquine dosage recommendations often ignored

Author:: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Publish date: March 8, 2017

Evidence continues to mount that some North American rheumatologists are not following practice recommendations for minimizing the retinal toxicity...

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Vagus nerve stimulation shows stroke recovery promise

Author:: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Publish date: March 7, 2017

HOUSTON – A clinically significant boost in arm function resulted from combined vagus nerve stimulation and rehabilitation training sessions for pa...

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Protocol speeds thrombectomy stroke patients from primary centers

Author:: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Publish date: March 4, 2017

HOUSTON – The novel protocol produced significant improvements in treatment speed and outcomes.

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Patient transfer before thrombectomy worsens stroke outcomes

Author:: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Publish date: March 4, 2017

HOUSTON – Two studies indicate that drip and ship may not be the most time-effective way to treat acute ischemic stroke patients who are candidates...

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Monofilament suture works best for cesarean closure

Author:: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

Publish date: February 27, 2017