Clinton has spent the past three days out of the public eye, recuperating at her suburban NY home.
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A new Morning Consult poll finds that the Democratic presidential nominee’s health scare on Sunday, when she was forced to leave a September 11 memorial service early and was videotaped almost collapsing while getting into her auto, has already begun shifting voters’ views about her wellness.
So far, there’s no evidence voters are particularly concerned about the Republican nominee’s health, even though he would be the oldest first-term president ever elected Clinton would be a close second behind Ronald Reagan and the poll suggests voters are increasingly concerned about her wellness.
Spokesman Brian Fallon said earlier this week the former secretary of State has no underlying health condition. Clinton takes medications for hyperthyroidism and seasonal pollen allergies. She has also had a normal mammogram and breast ultrasound, according to the letter. Her physician, Dr. Lisa Bardack, said in 2013 that testing showed “complete resolution” of the concussion’s effects. “She wants to be finding solutions to the challenges that we face”, said Emmy Ruiz, one of Clinton’s campaign team in Colorado. Just 22 percent of those polled in a new Politico/Morning Consult survey released Wednesday says that Clinton’s health is above average or excellent, down from 29 percent who said the same last month.
Clinton also was diagnosed with sinusitis and an ear infection in January, which were treated with antibiotics and steroids.
According to her doctor, Clinton has received two vaccinations against pneumonia – Prevnar and Pneumovax – although it is not clear when she received those vaccinations.
While Trump’s proposals have grown more detailed in recent weeks, throughout most of his campaign he mocked Clinton for putting out so many proposals – while his aides derided reporters for pressing for specifics, insisting that voters didn’t care.
“Essentially you’re delegitimizing their attack by simply muddying the water, and saying, ‘We’re all guilty, now what?'” said Martin. A plurality (44%) believe Clinton’s medical issues will negatively affect her ability to serve as president versus 43% who do not believe so. She underwent anticoagulation therapy to dissolve a blood clot and had to wear special glasses to correct double vision for almost two months starting in late 2012.
In her letter Wednesday, Bardack wrote that she first evaluated Clinton on September 2 after she had been experiencing “a low-grade fever, congestion, and fatigue” for the previous 24 hours.
This image released by Sony Pictures Entertainment shows Dr. Oz, left, and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a taping of “The Dr. Oz Show”, in NY.
When it was over, the show released a photograph of Trump and Oz going over paperwork and a headline proclaiming “Donald Trump Releases Medical Records For The First Time To Dr. Oz On The Dr. Oz Show”.
A possible sign of the tightening race, Clinton’s campaign announced it will open six more campaign offices in the Buckeye State this week, bringing the total number of Democratic offices in OH to 54.
Bardack is the chair of Internal Medicine at CareMount Medical in Mount Kisco, New York, and has served as Clinton’s personal physician since 2001.
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Republican strategist Rick Tyler, who advised Texas Sen. Yet he, too, has been circumspect about releasing details of her medical records.
