Here's Obama's Medical Records. Is Hillary Going to Release Hers?

[Stephanie]

McCain has already released his. Where are Hillary's?

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10686.html

Obama releases health-record summary
By POLITICO STAFF | 5/29/08 12:09 PM EST Text Size:

The Obama campaign released this summary of the senator's health records on Thursday, and does not plan to make additional records available:

DAVID L. SCHEINER, M.D.
Hyde Park Associates in Medicine, Ltd.
1515 East 52nd Place, Chicago, IL 60615

To Whom It May Concern:

I am David L. Scheiner, a board certified general internist licensed to practice in the State of Illinois. I am on staff at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Rush University Medical Center. I have been Senator Barack Obama’s primary care physician since March 23, 1987. The following is a summary of his medical records for the past 21 years.

During that period of time, Senator Obama has been in excellent health. He has been seen regularly for medical checkups and various minor problems such as upper respiratory infections, skin rashes and minor injuries.

His family history is pertinent for his mother’s death from ovarian cancer and grandfather who died of prostate cancer. His own history included intermittent cigarette smoking. He has quit this practice on several occasions and is currently using Nicorette gum with success.

Senator Obama’s last medical checkup was on January 15, 2007; he had no complaints. He exercised regularly often jogging three miles. His diet was balanced with good intake of roughage and fluids. A complete review of systems was unremarkable. On physical examination, his blood pressure was 90/60 and pulse 60/minute. His build was lean and muscular with no excess body fat. His physical examination was completely normal.

Laboratory studies included triglycerides of 44(normal under 150), cholesterol 173 (normal under 200), HDL 68 (normal over 40), and LDL 96 (normal under 130). Chem 24, urinalysis and CBC were normal, PSA was 0.6, very good. An EKG was normal.

In short, his examination showed him to be in excellent health. Senator Barack Obama is in overall good physical and mental health needed to maintain the resiliency required in the Office of President.

Sincerely,

David L. Scheiner, M.D.

[Stephanie]

1. Nicorette worked for me, Barack!

Keep it up!

[Bensthename]

2. put down the nicotine and pick up the ganja.

Worked for me.

[Emillereid]

3. Amazing - he has the profile of a much younger person. WOW!

[Stephanie]

4. He looks GOOD!

[Muttocracy]

6. That is the blood pressure of a very calm athlete! nt

[Coexist]

5. she doesn't need to, she isn't running for anything.

[scheming daemons]

7. Her psychiatric profile would show a Napoleanic complex and sever dementia...

[Stephanie]

11. Um, where to start?

He profile? Sever dementia? Napoleonic? He's rather tall you know.

[Muttocracy]

12. did they mean "her"? nt

[scheming daemons]

15. I meant "her" Stephanie...

[Stephanie]

17. Oh! I see.

:hi:

[XemaSab]

19. Blood samples were unable to be drawn, 'cause apparently she doesn't have any

:shrug:

[marshall]

26. Perhaps Bill has brought home some "sociable diseases"

That's the rumor as to why he wouldn't release his record.

[Cronus Protagonist]

21. lol

I really did laugh out loud at this one... hehe

[NotThisTime]

8. Look at his Triglycerides, what does he eat??

[Stephanie]

9. Omelettes!

[Erin Elizabeth]

39. Probably egg white omlettes.

And I see that the omlettes aren't drenched in chili and cheese, LOL.

[Stephanie]

42. Those don't actually look like egg whites

I remember him saying at the VFA event that he'd been losing weight on the campaign so he needed to eat more!

[K Gardner]

28. It's the latte, OJ and ARUGULA ! :-)

[panAmerican]

33. HA! I'm better than Obama. My LDL is 92!

Of course his pulse is better than mine, but at least that's one thing I can brag about.

[Muttocracy]

10. if anyone goes after him for smoking, McCain did too:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/us/politics/29mccain.html
Senate’s Power and Allure Drew McCain From Military

"He was the epitome of cool, one senator’s son recalled, with a pack of Marlboros in one hand and Theodore H. White’s memoir “In Search of History” in the other."

[hokies4ever]

13. I remember that as part of McCain's health records

Plus McCain is a multi-time cancer survivor.

[BlooInBloo]

14. Is Clinton a lush? Or is it just funny cherry-picked pictures?

[gateley]

30. I think it's just cherry-picked pictures.

I'm sure if she was a lush we'd have heard the allegations long before now.

[Stephanie]

32. she enjoys posing with alcohol, that's for sure

[BlooInBloo]

36. Ok cool - I was wondering precisely that.

[Lerkfish]

31. I think she's suckered in by the "guy I'd like to drink with" meme bush used.

[BlooInBloo]

37. Just seems like there's a lotta of those pics - mebbe it's just... I dunno, whatever - lol!

[quantass]

16. America has los tinterest in the thing named Hillary.

[XemaSab]

18. Rashes...

i don't think we can have a guy with RASHES in the White House. x(

[ej510]

20. Hillary's fat but she's healthy.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

23. It's all in the spin. We need to word it something like, Republicans chap Obama's ass.

:P

[ContinentalOp]

22. Why?

Why do we need to see the medical records of a NY Senator just because she was at one time a candidate for President?

[NeedleCast]

24. Don't Care

Really, this is where we're at now? Debating about medical records?

[FSogol]

27. Agreed. This is ridiculous. Important for a 71 year old, less important for everyone else.

[Stephanie]

29. The nominee always releases their records, and she contends she will be the nominee.

If she's serious, she should release them. If she's just playing games, she should get off the stage.

[madrchsod]

25. there`s no need for her to do so....

[Stephanie]

34. ... since she's not the nominee

[npincus]

35. but has he got stamina?

:evilgrin:

[Erin Elizabeth]

38. Freaking A. I'm jealous of those numbers.

I wish my triglycerides were THAT low! And his cholesterol, damn. He's healthy. His resting pulse is pretty low, too. Although my lowest once upon a time was 57 (bragging). That was years ago, though. LOL.

[joeybee12]

40. A summary is not one's medical records...

...and I assume you think Hilary should still be in the race since it's important for viable candidates to release their medical records...hmm?

[Stephanie]

41. I'm assuming that if she seriously believes that she's going to be the nominee, she wd release them

If she doesn't then I'll assume she's just playing games with the most important election in American history.

[Stephanie]

43. hmmm?

*crickets* - as usual