Shrub has a condition known as Bradycardia.

[napi21]

Just heard this on CNN Oresents, The First Doctor. The President's personal doctors.


Sanjay Gupta said Pres shrub has a very slow heartbeat, known as Bradycardia. There is probably some connection to this and when he choaked on a pretzel.

I did a little research through Google, and some sympthoms are fainting and feeling tired. Sanjay also said sometimes this is just a slow heartbeat, and that's all. The Pres can be perfectly healthy even with this.

[AP]

1. Interesting that both people on Repub ticket have heart problems.

[Catherine Vincent]

2. isn't that what a pacemaker is for?

[alittlelark]

3. He has a DEFECTIVE HEART??

who woulda' guessed?


WE NEED A REAL LINK!!!! Anyone....I'll start looking too.

[SoCalDem]

5. he has a HEART???

:)

[htuttle]

9. Yup, it's two sizes two small

[Fridays Child]

4. This was presented as the cause of the alleged pretzel choking incident...

...but I never believed it. The man shows every sign of being medicated.

[napi21]

7. I dunno, this is the first time I heard this. Sanjay wouldn't have any

reason to lie in this presentation, I wouldn't think. He never said he wasn't medicated, Just said this was shrub's normal heart rate and it slow. They gave the number, but I forget what it was exactly. 58 I think.

[Lindacooks]

19. Or drunk

eom

[alittlelark]

6. LINK - but not a great one....

http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/01/14/gupta.faint.otsc/

[morcatknits]

11. Sorry, this is a non-issue

People who exercise regularly (running, bicycling, etc.) have slow heartbeats, in which case it is completely normal. I wouldn't waste any energy on this one. Better to ask why Cheney is misrepresenting his state of health to the American public, when any first year nursing student should realize he isn't fit to serve, medically.
morcat (30 years a critical care nurse)

[sleipnir]

8. Isn't it also a symptom of persistent alcohol abuse?

n/t

[Art_from_Ark]

13. Sounds like "Bacardi-itis" to me

[alittlelark]

15. I believe so.

[PSU84]

10. He also has a condition that is known as

being "brain dead."

This occurs when there is no detectable activity in the part of the body known as "the brain."

The most serious outcome when this condition occurs in the President of the United States is the end of all human life on Planet Earth. Other than this, there is NO REASON TO WORRY!

[htuttle]

12. I think he has an Ingrown Head

[napi21]

14. I don't disagree with you on that! Just thought this might explaine

why he falls off his bike, trips on stairs, and yea, choaked on the pretzel. He does have the blotchy skin of a heavy drinker, and I don't discount that either, but even heavy drinkers that I know don't have the stupid accidents he does.

[AntiFascist]

16. It goes together with his slow brain n/t

[neomonkey]

17. Would that cause lack of oxygen to the brain?

If I remember correctly, didn't Ronald Reagan boast of his incredibly low heart rate also?

[CityHall]

18. And here I thought...

...it was his mind that was slow.

/obvious

[Lindacooks]

20. My first thought: So he's as hopeless as the Brady Bunch?

:)