At his physical in January 2018, his total cholesterol was 223. In early 2019, the reading came in at 196 and it stood at 167 in 2020. Today it is 140. Ideally, total cholesterol should be less than 200.
His blood pressure was 128 over 74. That is considered elevated, and people in that situation are likely to develop high blood pressure unless steps are taken to control the condition.
Trump has a resting heart rate of 62 beats per minute, in line with previous tests. A normal resting heart rate for adults ranges from 60 beats to 100 beats per minute, and generally, a lower rate implies better cardiovascular fitness.
Trump also takes aspirin, which can reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
The exam found minor sun damage to Trump’s skin and a few benign lesions, but no concerning lesions or growth. It also confirmed scarring on his right ear from a gunshot wound during an assassination attempt at a Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally in July 2024.
The summary noted that Trump previously had cataract surgery on both eyes, but gave no date or dates. A common procedure among ageing people, the surgery typically involves removing a cloudy eye lens and replacing it with an artificial lens to help clear up vision.
In July 2024, according to the report, then-candidate Trump had a colonoscopy that found a benign polyp and the condition called diverticulosis. It’s a common condition in which the walls of the intestine weaken with age. It can lead to inflammation, though most people with it never experience any problems.
Trump in July, in the days after he suffered a gunshot wound in an assassination attempt.Credit: AP
Trump again passed a Montreal Cognitive Assessment test, a short screening test to assess different brain functions, Barbabella wrote, adding that Trump scored 30 out of 30. The test includes remembering a list of spoken words and listening to a list of random numbers and repeating them backward, among other questions.
Known as MoCA, it’s the same test Trump took in 2018 and later recounted in an interview in which he described reciting a list of words in order: “Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.”
The president also was screened for depression and anxiety, and had normal scores on questionnaires for those conditions, according to the report.
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Asked about the exam afterward, Trump said, “I think I did very well.”
He went directly from the hospital to Air Force One to fly to Florida for the weekend. He spoke to reporters mid-flight and said doctors had offered him “a little bit” of advice on lifestyle changes that could improve his health. He didn’t elaborate. he also said he had “A good heart, a good soul, a very good soul” and that he “got every answer right” on the cognitive test.
Trump may be the oldest person elected to the nation’s highest office, but he is four years younger than Democrat Joe Biden, who was 82 when his presidential term ended in January.
Despite raising persistent questions about Biden’s physical and mental capacity and repeatedly asserting that Biden did not know what he was doing, Trump has routinely kept basic details about his health secret.
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Presidents have the right to keep their medical information private. Releasing the results of annual physicals, though, often helps reassure the public about their health.
Barbabella performed and supervised the medical examination of Trump at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, and said it included diagnostic and laboratory testing in addition to consultations with 14 specialists.
Barbabella is a decorated navy physician who specialises in emergency and tactical medicine and served several tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has a Purple Heart and a Legion of Merit award, two of the military’s highest honours.
Barbabella is also the third consecutive osteopathic doctor to serve as physician to the president, following Biden’s doctor and one of the doctors who cared for Trump in his first term. Barbabella ran a naval health clinic in Havelock, North Carolina, before Trump tapped him for the job.
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