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Does this complete the trifecta or does this begin a new one?
No, it's abysmal.
Does this complete the trifecta or does this begin a new one?
RIP
One of the last few good journalists left.
Shame.
RIP, one of the few balanced journalists left. Where was Hillary, I think Russert was on her list.
My dad called and told me about this. He was a religious follower of Meet the Press and watched it every Sunday.
This sucks. I couldn't believe it when I heard the news earlier. I started every Sunday with Meet the Press. He was absolutely one of my favorite news anchors and I will miss him terribly.
My dad called and told me about this. He was a religious follower of Meet the Press and watched it every Sunday.
Meet the Press just isn't going to be the same without him.
And to think he died during this historic election. I was so looking forward to him moderating the McCain-Obama debate, as I know he was too.
I hear you dude. He always madethose numbers simple to understand for idiots like me. If I didn;t understand something, after listening to him I fully understood what was going on afterwards.
I was looking forward to election night primarily because of him.
RIP
Yeah I was looking forward to him calling both of them onto the carpet.
Now the last balanced journalist is gone.
"moderating the McCain-Obama debate"
Tim and Stephanopoulus really blew the Obama/Clinton thing, total bull ty, irrelevant topics for the first hour. Must have been one of Tim's worst ever, most regretted shows.
First Jim McKay, now this... if John Saunders or Tom Brokaw dies, I'm going to freakin' lose it.
Russert wasn't anywhere near that debate. It was Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos.
wow, also right before Father's Day. Did you see his last ever words on his last show- "Happy Father's Day Dad, and Luke, I'm glad to be your Dad."
boutons should mod the next debates imo
Or Keith Olbermann. Same thing.
sad news indeed....
i also watch the meet the press, usually re-runs down here in australia, but it was good to know whats going in america as its a very informative show....
he looks very fit to have this happen to him...
Sunday was the first time ever I saw Tom Brokaw nearly lose it on the air. That was an emotional Meet the Press Sunday.
June 17, 2008
A Search for Answers in Russert’s Death
By DENISE GRADY
Given the great strides that have been made in preventing and treating heart disease, what explains Tim Russert’s sudden death last week at 58 from a heart attack?
The answer, at least in part, is that although doctors knew that Mr. Russert, the longtime moderator of “Meet the Press” on NBC, had coronary artery disease and were treating him for it, they did not realize how severe the disease was because he did not have chest pain or other telltale symptoms that would have justified the kind of invasive tests needed to make a definitive diagnosis. In that sense, his case was sadly typical: more than 50 percent of all men who die of coronary heart disease have no previous symptoms, the American Heart Association says.
It is not clear whether Mr. Russert’s death could have been prevented. He was doing nearly all he could to lower his risk. He took blood pressure pills and a statin drug to control his cholesterol, he worked out every day on an exercise bike, and he was trying to lose weight, his doctors said on Monday. And still it was not enough.
( "trying to lose weight" isn't enough. He totally failed to lose weight. Note there is no mention of bad nutrtion, which killed him. )
If there is any lesson in his death, his doctors said, it is a reminder that heart disease can be silent,
( there's another lesson: When your nutrition is bad and you are obese, pills and exercise are fatally insufficient )
and that people, especially those with known risk factors, should pay attention to diet, blood pressure, weight and exercise — even if they are feeling fine.
( diet! finally!The only mention.)
“If there’s one number that’s a predictor of mortality, it’s waist cir ference,” said Dr. Michael A. Newman, Mr. Russert’s internist.
But, Dr. Newman added, most people would rather focus on their LDL cholesterol, instead of taking measures to reduce their waist size. Studies have found a waist of over 40 inches in men and 35 inches in women is a risk factor for heart disease.
( from some of the pics of Russert, sitting down, in a shirt, he had a huge tire around the middle. His waist probably hadn't seen 40 inches in many years )
Mr. Russert’s cholesterol was not high, and medicine controlled his high blood pressure pretty well, Dr. Newman said. But, he added, Mr. Russert was “significantly overweight.” He also had a dangerous combination of other risk factors: high triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood, and a low level of HDL, the “good cholesterol” that can help the body get rid of the bad cholesterol that can damage arteries.
( all of which can be completely fixed by diet. Popping pills for cholesterol (itself widely disputed as having anything to do with anything) and for BP are not cures. You can't make yourself healthy with pills. They are simply money spinners for BigPharma )
Even so, Dr. Newman said, “the autopsy findings were a surprise.”
In an interview, Dr. Newman and Mr. Russert’s cardiologist, Dr. George Bren, said the autopsy found significant blockages in several coronary arteries, which feed blood to the heart muscle.
Blockages start out as cholesterol deposits in the artery walls that turn into lesions or plaques, narrowing the vessels. Heart attacks occur when a plaque ruptures, causing a blood clot that quickly closes the artery and pinches off the blood supply to part of the heart.
In Mr. Russert’s case, the heart attack was caused by a plaque rupture in a branch of the left anterior descending coronary artery. The heart attack led to an abnormal heart rhythm that stopped his heart from pumping blood effectively and caused his death.
“What is surprising,” Dr. Newman said, “is that the severity of the anatomical findings would not be predicted from his clinical situation, the absence of symptoms and his performing at a very high level of exercise.”
In 1998, Mr. Russert had a calcium score of 210 on a CT scan of the coronary arteries, a test that indicates blockages. The result called for “an intensive cardioprotective regimen,” Dr. Newman said. That level can indicate a moderate to high risk of a heart attack.
Dr. Newman and Dr. Bren said that in the past year, Mr. Russert’s blood pressure had risen a bit, and that they had changed his drug regimen to lower it. His heart muscle had also thickened. Some cardiologists say a thickened or enlarged heart can indicate severe heart disease and should prompt more tests, like an angiogram, to look for artery blockages. But those tests are invasive, and Mr. Russert’s doctors did not think he needed them.
( ... more/different pills = no cure, so a dead Russert )
Had the tests been done and the true extent of blockages revealed, Dr. Newman said, Mr. Russert would probably have been advised to have bypass surgery. Dr. Bren differed, saying it was not clear that there was enough disease to prompt a recommendation for surgery.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/he...russert&st=nyt
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so, so, so, the US medical system notches up another victim. A lot of money, which is the primary objective of the for-profit medical system, was made off Russert's CVD. The medical system needs to be more careful and aggressive in prolonging the life of their cash cows. Had he lived, they would have made a lot more money, eg $50K - $100K from bypass surgery and follow-up and a couple more decades of expensive BP and statins. Not to worry, their are millions more cash-cows like Russert.
Russert's death was self-inflicted by long-term, life-long?, bad nutrition.
Note that his apparently serious exercise and resulting fitness didn't prevent death without support from changing to healthy nutrition and loss of all excess weight.
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