The show says the doctor reviewed all of Trump’s systems.
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The letter says that Trump takes a statin, a drug for lowering cholesterol, and has a body mass index in the overweight range.
Trump and Clinton, who turns 69 next month, are among the oldest presidential candidates in American history.
“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. If I had one thing Id like to lose weight – its tough because of the way I live but the one thing I would like to do is drop 15-20lbs, it would be good.
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The release of the statement comes amid growing interest in the candidates’ health after his rival Hillary Clinton was seen stumbling as she left a 9/11 memorial.
‘I would say I see a person that’s 35 years old, ‘ Trump declared, adding that when he plays golf with National Football League quarterback Tom Brady, 39, ‘I feel I’m the same age as him. “This study was reported within range of normal”.
This version of the item posted at 8:10 a.m. has been corrected to delete a reference to Clinton releasing additional health information; it was based on an interview recorded with her before she released a new letter from her doctor with updated health information on Wednesday.
Trump surprised a studio audience Wednesday when he shared the letter, which discloses the results of a recent physical exam, on “The Dr. Oz Show” just hours after a senior aide told news outlets that the GOP nominee would not address his health.
Bornstein MD says that Mr Trump has been under his care since 6 November 1980.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump released a short letter from his doctor to the television host Dr. Mehmet Oz on Wednesday in an interview set to air Thursday. His mother was “mentally unbelievable” toward the end of her life and “would have lived well into her 90’s” had she not “had an accident”, Trump said.
Trump should lay off the fast food, but there seems no reason to question Dr. Bornstein’s new assertion that Trump is in excellent physical health. Trump said he would tackle childhood obesity ty bringing sports programs back to schools. His EKG and chest X-ray on April 14, 2016, were normal.
Mrs Clinton told reporters on her campaign plane she was “doing great” as she headed to her first event after returning to the trail in Greensboro, North Carolina. In that letter, he proclaimed that Trump’s physical exam showed uniformly “positive results”, which was an immediate red flag that it wasn’t a purely medical document.
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All in all, it’s a professional-appearing report for an older man in generally good health.
