A new medical investigation changes our understanding of Elvis Presley's untimely death and offers

some useful pearls for psychiatric practice.

Welcome to the Carlythe Psychiatry Podcast, keeping psychiatry honest since 2003.

I'm Chris Aiken, the editor-in-chief of the Carlatte Psychiatry Report.

And I'm Kelly Newsom, a psych MP and a dedicated reader of every issue.

Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935.

And if he was still alive, he would have celebrated his 88th birthday this month.

But the chances that he would have made it 88th birthday this month. But the chances that

he would have made it to old age were very slim, even without the prescription drug abuse and fried

banana sandwiches. Rockstardom is not the joy right it's made out to be. Grueling schedules,

lack of privacy, never knowing who your real friends are, and all the fame magnifying your

self-conscious thoughts.

Who needs that?

In 2007, researchers from the Center for Public Health in Liverpool

examined the lifespans of the top 1,000 rock stars of the 20th century.

The oldest was Elvis and the youngest M&M.

These were 20th century stars,

and they drew their cohort from a list of the top 1,000 rock albums.

They found an alarming rate of death among these rock legends,

with mortality rates almost double that of the average mortal.

In the past year, two new books have come out on Elvis's death,

and both arrived at the same

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