“There were no surprises, except again that Donald Trump said he’s on a statin cholesterol lowering drug”. It took several hours for her personal physician to disclose she had been diagnosed with pneumonia two days earlier, raising tough questions about her campaign’s transparency.
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Mehmet Oz reviews papers as he speaks with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump about his health during an interview taped on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. He said he gets exercise from playing golf and works up a sweat delivering political speeches, according to Politico.
Trump, who would be the oldest president inaugurated, has revealed very little about his health so far.
Trump’s health summary was released a day after the release of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s second letter from her doctor after she suffered from a bout of pneumonia and almost fainted at a September 11 memorial event. Bornstein later admitted to writing the letter in five minutes while a limousine sent by the candidate waited outside. She is expected to return to the campaign trail on Thursday. Before settling, Bornstein denied all the allegations against him. It was less hyperbolic than Bornstein’s first note, but still glowing.
His liver and thyroid function tests are “within normal range”, and there is “no family history” of heart disease or tumours – although his father Fred had Alzheimer’s Disease, which is not mentioned in the letter.
Trump takes a lipid lower agent called rosuvastatin and a low dose aspirin, said his doctor, who repeated that Trump also doesn’t use alcohol or tobacco.
He had a a colonoscopy in July 2013, which was “normal and revealed no polyps”.
“I feel as good today as I did when I was 30”, Trump said in a clip promoting the interview that is scheduled to air Thursday. “They are taking questions from the audience as I understand”.
This came after the candidate’s campaign aides said the property developer would and subsequently said he would not discuss the results of the examination conducted last week. Meyers also said that due to double standards, the rules are different for Clinton and Donald Trump.
At the time, Bornstein declared Trump would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency”. The exam was performed last week by his longtime physician, Dr. Harold Bornstein. “I would say I see a person that’s 35 years old”, he suggested. “Over the years, thousands and thousands of Hispanics have worked for me”.
“I have every single test you can have and they were good”, Trump told Fox & Friends – adding that he probably would not have released them had they been otherwise.
Ronald Reagan was 69 when he became president, in 1981.
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His Body Mass Index is 29.5 which is considered overweight. “I don’t know. I don’t think so”.
