Bill Clinton appears out of character in the speeches and interviews televised since his bypass surgery September 6, 2004 and, according to Dr. John McDougall, Clinton’s his mental deterioration may be accelerating.
“Clinton is easily angered by hecklers, and makes factual mistakes and racial slurs while aggressively defending his wife’s campaign for presidency. Everyone sees his mental and emotional decline, yet to date, no medical professionals have spoken out about the cause or offered help.”
Dr. McDougall says Clinton is suffering from “post bypass surgery cognitive dysfunction. Brain damage during bypass surgery is so common that hospital personnel refer to it as “pump head.”
In 2001, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that 5-years after bypass surgery 42% of patients showed decline in mental function of approximately 20 percent or more.1
A study published this year (2008) in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery using MRI testing just after bypass surgery found brain damage in 51% of patients.2
Dr. McDougall says, “Three years after their time on the bypass pump, significant permanent reduction in mental capacity was identified in 31% of patients. I am not talking major stroke here; but these patients can’t remember names or numbers as they once did, experience sleep disturbances (including nightmares), suffer mood swings, and lose intellectual acuity.”
1) Newman MF, Kirchner JL, Phillips-Bute B, Gaver V, Grocott H, Jones RH, Mark DB, Reves JG, Blumenthal JA; Longitudinal assessment of neurocognitive function after coronary-artery bypass surgery. N Engl J Med. 2001 Feb 8;344(6):395-402. 9Link: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/344/6/395.pdf)
2) Knipp SC, Matatko N, Wilhelm H, Schlamann M, Thielmann M, Lösch C, Diener HC, Jakob H. Cognitive outcomes three years after coronary artery bypass surgery: relation to diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Mar;85(3):872-9.
More information can be found from the McDougall Wellness Center in Santa Rosa, California http://www.drmcdougall.com
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John // April 14, 2008 at 10:39 am |
Sadly, Bill Clinton was mentally ill long ago