I'm speechless. As investigators await more test results to try to determine how actor Heath Ledger died, someone thinks he may already know! I received the most jaw-dropping press release of a still-young 2008 from a company called GenoMed:
GenoMed® , a Next Generation Disease Management company whose business is public health™, announced today that Heath Ledger probably died of a "cytokine storm" associated with the flu. He was known to have pneumonia, which was likely viral in nature.
In this respect, his death resembles Anna Nicole Smith's of a year ago. Like Mr. Ledger, she was not taking any unusual medications for her. For several days before her death, she had a high fever and a diagnosis of the flu. At her autopsy, mild inflammation was seen in her heart, consistent with viral myocarditis. It isn't known whether Mr. Ledger's heart was mildly inflamed, also.
GenoMed has obtained excellent results against the "cytokine storm" for the past five years, using already-existing blood pressure pills present in most drugstores on earth. Heath Ledger's death, like Anna Nicole Smith's, could therefore have been prevented.
Ledger died of the flu? GenoMed could have saved him? The phrase "public health" is trademarked?
The press release came from the company's CEO and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Moskowitz. To see him in action, click here.
I guess when your shares trade at $.005, any publicity is good publicity.
How To Spend Your Government Handout
So, Americans get into trouble financially by spending beyond our means. The government's response? Give us some money...to spend. Again. Sounds a bit like giving an alcoholic a free beer.
But at least I've found a fun way to spend it! Check out http://www.cafepress.com/subprimegear, where you can buy t-shirts and mugs celebrating the subprime crisis. The best-selling t-shirt is one with a photo of Ben Bernanke on it and the slogan "BLAME...it's not his fault. Really."
