Western Medicine Fails Tim Russert

Wellness Resources ^ | Wednesday, June 18, 2008 | Byron Richards, CCN

[gusopol3]

nowhere did I claim what you accuse me of . I said the writer of the article was a CCN, which I assume to be a Certified Clinical Nutritionist. I said it is almost a standard of care to refer a diabetic to a nutritionist, so that , if this CCN writer wants to find a culprit in Russert’s death , why not also look at the fact that a nutritionist involved in his care may have failed him. In fact, on the supposition that he did indeed consult with a nutritionist, it’s apparent from his obesity that the nutritionist failed to motivate him sufficiently to lose weight.

[gusopol3]

you had several thousand years to prove your point; pills are to address disease and disorders, more health to both of us without them.

[ThePythonicCow]

My uninformed and casual impression from what I’ve read so far (in spite of that Newsweek link I posted earlier) was that Russert was not diabetic, though he might not have been far from it.

[Dick Vomer]

I wonder if the plane ride may have just put him in a condition with increased coagulability and he formed a thrombus. then he just had the bad luck to be a little dry and that's all there is... clot in LAD and the floor.

I think I'll go take my baby aspirin now, thanks for the reminder....hahahahahaha.

[neverdem]

I wonder if the plane ride may have just put him in a condition with increased coagulability and he formed a thrombus.

Factor V Leiden (pronounced factor five) is the most common hereditary clotting disorder in the United States, present in 2 percent to 7 percent of Caucasians, less often in Hispanics and rarely in Asians and African-Americans.

then he just had the bad luck to be a little dry and that's all there is... clot in LAD and the floor.

A DVT can't break up to form an arterial clot unless there's a defect in circulation. It will get lodged in the lungs as a pulmonary embolus.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

I had a physical today for an insurance policy. I'm 70, take NO medications, use lots of Ester C as well as other supplements.

The doctor said he was going to keep looking until he found something wrong with me. He said I was really boring. My blood work was normal, my chest x-ray was normal, BP normal, no pain, EKG normal. He said he paid especially close attention to my veins and arteries. They were normal.

I don't think he was especially interested in WHY they are all normal. He probably didn't want to hear it. The nurse had never heard of Ester C and didn't know how to spell it. He had never heard of the relationship between Vit C and pain. I take care of myself and am doing just fine.

[SupplySider]

...excercise an hour a day.

You made many good points, but this one, in my estimation, is the most important. I do not believe twenty minutes of walking three times a week cuts it for someone who works sitting at a desk and relaxes watching TV. Our bodies are made for movement, and react badly when deprived of it.