{"id":49224,"date":"2016-09-15T18:26:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T22:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=49224"},"modified":"2016-09-15T18:42:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T22:42:45","slug":"hillary-clinton-healthy-and-fit-says-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=49224","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton ‘healthy and fit’, says doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr Lisa R Bardack (pictured) released a statement through her campaign team.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hillary Clinton is “healthy and fit to serve” as US president, says her doctor, as her campaign released updated medical information.<\/p>\n

The statement said the Democratic presidential nominee “continues to improve” after a pneumonia diagnosis.<\/p>\n

The disclosure came as her Republican rival Donald Trump released health data of his own on a medical chat show.<\/p>\n

Clinton aides say she will return to the campaign trail on Thursday after falling ill in public at the weekend.<\/p>\n

Both candidates, among the oldest ever to run for the White House, have been under intense pressure to share more medical information.<\/p>\n

Health issues have dominated the race for November’s election since a dizzy spell forced Mrs Clinton, 68, to leave a 9\/11 ceremony in New York on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Her campaign said on Wednesday that her physician found her complete physical examination was “normal” and she is in “excellent mental condition”.<\/p>\n

Dr Lisa Bardack said Mrs Clinton was “recovering well with antibiotics and rest”.<\/p>\n

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The campaign said she had a chest scan on Friday that showed a “mild, non-contagious bacterial pneumonia”.<\/p>\n

Mrs Clinton – who has been recuperating at her suburban New York home – was treated with an antibiotic called Levaquin, which she was prescribed for 10 days.<\/p>\n

“She continues to remain healthy and fit to serve as President of the United States,” concluded Dr Bardack in the letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The physician said Mrs Clinton was up to date on all vaccines, including two given to help prevent pneumonia, Prevnar and Pneumovax.<\/p>\n

The letter did not state when she received those vaccines.<\/p>\n

Mrs Clinton’s blood pressure (of 100 over 70) and total cholesterol (189) were all within healthy levels, according to the letter.<\/p>\n

The former Secretary of State also had a normal mammogram and breast ultrasound, said the doctor.<\/p>\n

She takes thyroid and allergy medicines and the blood thinner Coumadin, prescribed after she suffered a blood clot resulting from a 2012 concussion.<\/p>\n

The blood clot was said to have been in a vein in the space between the brain and the skull behind the right ear.<\/p>\n

The complication led Mrs Clinton to spend a few days in hospital and take a month off from her job at the State Department.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump, meanwhile, has said he is planning to release details this week of a recent physical.<\/p>\n

The Republican White House nominee handed over a one-page summary of that examination while appearing on The Dr Oz Show.<\/p>\n

He told the host he is 236lb and 6ft 3in tall, which would make him clinically overweight.<\/p>\n

The syndicated television show will not be broadcast until Thursday and the campaign declined to immediately disclose the results.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump told a rally in Canton, Ohio, on Wednesday night that he doubted Mrs Clinton would have the stamina to lead one of his events.<\/p>\n

He asked the crowd: “You think Hillary would be able to stand up here for an hour and do this? I don’t think so, I don’t think so.”<\/p>\n

Mr Trump later said she was “lying in bed, getting better”.<\/p>\n

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