Celebrity Deaths

#144

That is an interesting thing to look at, so here it a good look at it :slight_smile: The good, the bad, the ugly :slight_smile:

I guess Canada is a bit more like the United Federation of Planets (UFP ) where the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

And as a small country of 40M with low density, triaging health care is what works for us. Just compare per capita health spending between Canada and the US. And the overall results. I like to use the Alpha and Omega stats. The beginning, child birth mortality and the end, life span.

The biggest issue we are fighting right now is mis-management of the funding. The Federal Gov provides funding to the Provinces that then administer the Provincial health care budget, which is a combination of provincial and federal funding. The conservative provincial governments have diverted a significant amount of Federal funds out of the health care budget so they can force “private clinics” that cost way more to operate but enrich the conservative political donors.

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#145

No definitive studies of low-dose lithium orotate in humans. I take it primarily for its mood-altering benefits. Tends to make one “mellower,” reducing anger problems, etc.

Mechanism Summary
Telomere Preservation Lithium may preserve or lengthen telomeres, delaying cellular aging.
GSK-3 Inhibition Reduces neuroinflammation and stress-linked aging pathways.
BDNF Support Promotes brain-derived neurotrophic factor for neurogenesis.
Dementia Protection Associated with lower Alzheimer’s risk in high-lithium water regions.
Mood Modulation Modulates dopamine, glutamate, and GABA neurotransmission.
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#146

Thanks! Yes, I notice it also for mood. I am now taking 10mg LO at night, 5mg am. I have experimented with different amounts. This seems to be working well.

Was just puzzled because the comment I replied to sounded like it was relating Ted’s dementia to Lithium use.

#147

No, the point was not “because of”, but rather “despite of”.

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#148

Got it. Thanks.

#149

Congestive Heart Failure, 86 years old.

Barney Frank, Massachusetts congressman for 32 years, dies at 86

#150

He was fat also, and that might have helped.

#151

By the time he was quite sick he was pretty emaciated, FWIW.

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#152

Pretty average age and cause of death for somebody of his demographic, I think?

I saw this news also: Kyle Busch, two-time Nascar champion, dies aged 41 | Nascar | The Guardian

I don’t know who he is, but 41 is very young. Cause of death isn’t given, but he was hospitalised with illness, and this was said:

During a Nascar Cup Series race on 10 May at Watkins Glen, Busch radioed in to his crew requesting medical aid from Dr Bill Heisel and a “shot” after the race. According to the TV broadcast, Busch had been struggling with a sinus cold that was exacerbated by the intense G-forces and elevation changes at the upstate New York road course.

So some sort of serious infection maybe?

#153

Which almost never kills a 41 year old healthy person.

I mean sure COVID, Ebola, raw oysters but none start with this prodrome.

Brain abscess from a sinus infection but usually requires some degree of immunocompromise. I am curious. Excessive steroids trying to get back to racing would do it and that is my hypothesis at this point. “I need a shot” - spoken like someone who has had this before a bit too much.

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#154

But did he obtain optimal care?

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#155

Ok, so Busch died of pneumonia and sepsis.

41yo healthy enough to drive a race car.

My only guess is he was using steroids to make it to races but how someone wouldn’t also do antibiotics which should have afforded him some protection.

I chalk this up (without proof) of another rich famous person getting terrible medical care because they were rich and famous.

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