Clinton was forced to leave ceremonies marking the annivary of the September 11 attacks in NY on Sunday because of a dizzy spell. He noted that Clinton’s triglycerides jumped from 69 a year ago to 159, but he speculated that that could be ascribed to whether she ate before blood tests.
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Nr Trump’s team appeared to take a swipe at Mrs Clinton’s brief absence from the campaign trail in a statement accompanying the new health information.
In conclusion, Dr. Bardack wrote that “Mrs. Clinton has remained healthy and has not developed new medical conditions this year other than a sinus and ear infection and her recently diagnosed pneumonia”.
Hillary Clinton is back on the campaign trail.
Seventy-one percent of voters believe presidential candidates should provide a medical release letter from a doctor, while 78 percent think the same should be done concerning mental health.
Donald Trump releases medical records for the first time to Dr. Oz on The Dr. Oz Show detailing the results of his most recent physical examination, in NY, U.S., September 14, 2016.
A Clinton campaign official said the 68-year-old former secretary of state received a non-contrast chest CT scan on Friday that revealed a mild, non-contagious form of bacterial pneumonia. She was treated with Levaquin, an antibiotic, and advised to take it for 10 days.
These kinds of attacks distract from the substance of the campaign, as does compelling Clinton to release yet more of her health information to debunk rumors.
A Quinnipiac University poll out a day earlier, on Wednesday, found that results were too close to call when third party candidates were included, with Clinton at 41 percent and Trump at 39 percent. The Democratic presidential candidate faces increased scrutiny about her health after a video showed her staggering while getting into a van on Sunday. She had a normal mammogram and breast ultrasound and shows no signs of developing heart disease, which runs in her family. Bardack confirmed that Clinton had apparently ignored her advice to rest over the weekend.
At a rally Wednesday in Ohio, Trump remarked that the room filled with almost 5,000 people was hot and reportedly added, “You think Hillary would be able to stand up here for an hour and do this?”
Mr Trump had another physical in recent days, and he went on the television set of celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz on Wednesday to disclose his new health records.
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Mr Trump, after releasing his health information, spent Thursday laying out plans to lower taxes by 4.4 trillion U.S. dollars over a decade and cut regulations, including some of those now meant to protect the food Americans eat and the air they breathe.
