WATCH: Sanjay Gupta And Stephen Colbert On Cheating Death

Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN, spoke to Stephen Colbert last night about his new book, Cheating Death. He explained that there's more gray area between life and death than we normally think. Since it's not as easy to pinpoint the moment of death it gives doctors more chances to intervene, to "cheat death." Is it a useful book in furthering the discussion of a taboo subject, or another doctor attempting to deny the reality we all face?

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Comments

[balancedsolution]

gupta bugs me now!

go home take care of your family and choose to be either a doctor or a media guy.

same with dr. pinskey

these tv doctors are just annoying.

same goes for dr. oz

[eRich Dotcom]

So what about the premise of this book bugs me? We as a species are willing to spend virtually unlimited funds to cheat death for exceptional cases--comas, rare diseases--when we are willing to let millions die of diseases we have a cure for.

I guess at the end of the day, we are a 'shiny object' species--attracted by the exotic and interesting while bored an oblivious to the mundane.

[CAmbiguous]

Sanjay looks good for someone just getting over the Swine Flu. Didn't see the show but did he discuss why WE MAY ALL HAVE IT NOW?

http://concretelyambiguous.com/todays-truth/be-careful-you-may-have-the-swine-flu/