Biden Health Appears Very Good

[RamboLiberal]

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=6072356

Joe Biden appears in very good health, with some of the routine issues of aging, but there's no evidence that he has had a brain scan to rule out completely another aneurysm like the one that required emergency lifesaving surgery 20 years ago.

The Democratic vice presidential candidate's medical records, released to reporters Monday, show no reason for concern about another aneurysm: He has no symptoms, seems to have healthy heart arteries and is active.

Like many other 65-year-old men, Biden does have an enlarged prostate but no sign of prostate cancer. He takes the statin drug Zocor to keep his cholesterol in the healthy range, and his blood pressure is a good 120 over 78.

However, the Delaware senator did have an episode of an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation in July 2006, and possibly a second that corrected on its own. A full cardiac exam that July and another four months later showed no cardiovascular disease.

His doctor implied then that subsisting on little but coffee the day the first heart fluttering struck may have been the cause, and urged less caffeine, more exercise and an aspirin a day. Biden doesn't appear to have had another heart exam since.



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[Judi Lynn]

1. His mental health seems absolutely fine. That CAN be important, if you're not a Republican. n/t

[Mrs. Overall]

2. Ok, Sarah, your turn. Where's your records?

[Phred42]

3. Palin- HELL - WE STILL HAVEN'T SEEN GRAMPY'S RECORDS