(2007) Chief Justice Is Hospitalized After Seizure

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Medical Report:

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has “fully recovered” from the second seizure of his life (2007), the Supreme Court’s communications office said in a statement. That’s consistent with a majority of seizure cases, according to Dr. Marc Schlosberg, a neurologist at Washington Hospital Center. He told The Associated Press that most patients feel that they are back to normal in 10 or 15 minutes. But once you’ve had two, a third seizure is more likely, a neurosurgeon added.

From NY Times July 31, 2007:

Statistically, he said, it is “extremely unlikely” that this seizure represents a brain tumor. Fewer than 5 percent of those with recurrent seizures have brain tumors as a cause, and a very slowly progressing brain tumor would be rare.

Epilepsy is a common condition among Americans. The approximate risk of having a single seizure in one’s lifetime is 9 percent. By Chief Justice Roberts’s age, the risk is 7 to 8 percent. About 3 percent have a recurrence, and 1 percent of Americans at any one time are under treatment for epilepsy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/washington/31roberts.html?hp

Roberts does not appear to be at a high health risk.

[Warpy]

1. The retirement rumor was planted by a law professor

who was trying to give his students an object lesson on how fast things go viral on the net and how they can be completely false.

I think he got through to them today.

[usregimechange]

2. They didn't learn too much from it

[StClone]

3. Thanks

I read elsewhere that the viral thing was cover story. But it would be too good to be true and that activist nut Roberts is with us for another 40 years.

[sellitman]

4. Justice Roberts is not on my Holiday card list but....

My son had seizures and has had 2 brain tumors removed in the past 2 years and I hope Justice Roberts can get well enough to retire young and healthy.

[pscot]

5. I had a dachshund who was subject to siezures

He was a cheerful little psycopath who would kill anything that moved. I would suggest that if the Chief Justice is kept away from birds, rabbits and other small game he should be fine. Just be ready to throw a net over him if he shows up in court with a mouthful of feathers.