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Doctor Proclaims Trump To Be In 'Very Good Health,' But Doesn't Release Specific Details From Annual Physical
President Donald Trump was declared "in very good health" by the White House physician on Friday after four hours of examinations in what amounted to a test of whether his doctor's order that he follow a healthier diet has paid dividends. Specific details on Trump's weight, cholesterol levels and blood pressure were not released in a statement from White House physician Sean Conley after Conley and 11 specialists put the 72-year-old president through a battery of medical tests. (2/8)
But Dr. Sean Conley, a Navy officer who is the president鈥檚 physician and the current director of the White House medical unit, released no details about what a team of 11 specialists had found in the course of a four-hour examination of Mr. Trump. Dr. Conley said that 鈥渞eports and recommendations are being finalized,鈥 but did not say if, when or in what form they would be publicly released. Last year, after Mr. Trump鈥檚 first full examination as president, the White House took the unusual step of having Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, then the president鈥檚 physician, deliver a lengthy report in the White House briefing room and then answer questions from reporters. Dr. Jackson was widely ridiculed for using excessive language in describing the president鈥檚 health. (Rogers and Altman, 2/8)
The exam took about four hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Mr. Trump, 72 years old, didn鈥檛 undergo procedures requiring sedation or anesthesia, the memo stated. Dr. Conley performed and supervised the evaluation with a panel of 11 board-certified specialists. (Leary, 2/8)