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May he rest in peace - he had some additional happy days from what it looks like, and he helped science advance a bit, kudos to him. What worried me was when I read he was "not eligible" to be a recipient of a human heart; I hope this is not just because he had a bad (or no) insurance.
Underlying medical conditions, refusal to follow medical orders, an unhealthy lifestyle (smoking, alcoholism, drug abuse) are all reasons to pass you over for someone more likely to survive with a transplant.
Medical resources aren't infinite, even when money isn't an issue.
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There is no real medical need for an ‘annual physical’ it is a creation of the American medical-industrial complex and creates more problems than it solves. Having said that seeing a doctor occasionally for blood pressure etc is useful, but the interval for someone young and otherwise not experiencing any symptoms doesn’t need to be annually
It's a legal requirement for employers in Japan and they seem to have come up with it on their own. https://www.city-cost.com/blogs/City-Cost/MPyry-medical Being Japan, it's pointlessly thorough and invasive.
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I would also be happy to go vegan, but I don't see a way to be healthy that way, so..
If it’s specifically pigs up for discussion, vegan and vegetarian are the same, and vegetarian is easier — I’m vegetarian, and AFAIK there’s no food made from pig’s milk (certainly nothing I’ve seen in the local supermarket). But as for healthy? That’s the easy part, there are so many healthy vegan options it’s silly. Food cravings however, that’s hard (and also why I’m only vegetarian, not vegan — I’m looking forwar…
Give people a heart from other species, this is unnatural.
I'd rather transform my brain and thoughts into a robot.
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Well also, condolences to Edward Shumaker, who he murdered, and Edward's family. [0] [0] https://www.wionews.com/world/patient-in-ground-breaking-hea...
His assault definitely contributed to Shumaker’s early death but he didn’t “murder” him.
https://www.swordandscale.com/murder-charges-under-the-delay...
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I have an uncle in his sixties that has drank and smoked his whole life and he has been on heart and liver transplant list for about a year. Because he continued to live unhealthily his heart started failing this week with multiple heart attacks they moved him to level one priority and he will likely get his transplants this week. It feels weird that he is now ahead of others because they tried to be healthy and he d…
I thought that hospitals specifically only put you on the list if you committed to a healthy lifestyle.