And when will MCain fully disclose his records–and I don’t mean allowing reporters to look at his records for a couple of hours. And what about Palin?

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Guess you missed this….

“Biden Is Healthy, Medical Records Show
No Repeat of Aneurysm Suffered 20 Years Ago
By Todd Zwillich
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDOct. 20, 2008 — Medical records released by the Obama-Biden campaign suggest that vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden is in good health, according to media reports.

The campaign released Biden’s medical records to some news organizations on Monday. They reportedly show that Biden, who is 65, has not had another brain aneurysm since the two he suffered 20 years ago.

Biden had emergency surgery for an aneurysm in an artery in his brain two decades ago but suffered no permanent damage as a result. An aneurysm is a bulging of an artery due to a weakened area of the vessel wall. He also had a second, smaller, unruptured aneurysm that was removed a few months later.

An aneurysm can cause damage by crowding brain tissue, or, as was the case with Biden in 1988, bursting and leaking blood into surrounding tissue.

Biden also had an episode of irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation in July 2006, reports said. A stress test of the heart at the time indicated no heart disease. He was started on aspirin therapy.

Biden also suffers from an enlarged prostate but has no signs of prostate cancer, the reports indicated. He takes Flomax for his enlarged prostate. He also takes allergy medications and the cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor.

Doctors for presidential candidates Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama have declared them medically fit to be to be president.

McCain allowed a group of reporters to view some of his medical records in May. They showed that McCain, who is 72, has had multiple diagnoses of malignant melanoma, which have been surgically removed. McCain also has limited mobility in his arms and an abnormal gait because of injuries suffered during the Vietnam War.

Obama released a one-page letter in May from his doctor saying the candidate was in excellent health. The letter said Obama has used Nicorette gum — with success — to help the candidate quit smoking.

Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, has not released any of her medical information. Palin is 44 years old.”

And this…

“Barack Obama ‘in excellent health,’ his doctor says

The campaign of the Democratic presidential candidate issues the doctor’s letter, citing a physical exam 16 months ago, a week after Republican rival John McCain allows access to voluminous records.

By Scott Martelle
May 30, 2008

Although he hasn’t had a physical in 16 months, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been “in excellent health” and is physically ready to serve as president, his longtime physician wrote in a letter released by the campaign today.

The letter contained relatively few details but noted that Obama has a family history of cancer – his mother died of ovarian cancer and a grandfather of prostate cancer. A prostate-specific antigen test detected no issues for Obama, however.

The Illinois senator has struggled to quit smoking, Dr. David L. Scheiner wrote in the overview, but is now “using Nicorette gum with success.”

“His build was lean and muscular with no excess body fat,” Scheiner said of the last physical, conducted Jan. 15, 2007. “His physical examination was completely normal.”

The overview was contained in a one-page letter with no supporting documentation. “With no surgery or hospital stays, this is a complete summary of his doctor visits and medical records for the past two decades,” said campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki.

The brief Obama letter contrasted with Arizona Sen. John McCain’s decision to let a selected group of reporters spend three hours with nearly 1,200 pages of health records last week.

Those records showed that McCain, the presumed Republican presidential nominee, is in good health, although he has a 15-year history of skin cancers, including a minor case in February, and has had bouts with precancerous polyps in his colon, kidney cysts and bladder stones.

Hillary Rodham Clinton, the New York senator who also is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, has not made her medical records public.

Dr. Mark Karp at USC’s Keck School of Medicine, who reviewed Obama’s doctor’s letter, said Obama’s reported scores for cholesterol levels and blood pressure were in the “optimal” range and agreed that, based on the overview, he “looks like he’s in excellent health.”

Obama’s smoking could increase the risk for a wide range of illnesses, so it is good that he has taken measures to stop, Karp said. And Obama should continue screenings for prostate cancer, given the family history and the increased risk among African American men.

“That’s an issue for all African American men,” Karp said. “Once they’re in their 40s they should be screened for prostate cancer on a yearly basis.”

However, Scheiner’s letter indicated that Obama had not been screened in more than a year.

Scheiner, on staff at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Rush University Medical Center, said he had been Obama’s doctor for 21 years and that Obama had “been seen regularly for medical checkups and various minor problems such as upper respiratory infections, skin rashes and minor injuries.”

At the time of last year’s checkup, Obama was exercising regularly and following a balanced diet.

Obama’s blood pressure was 90 over 60 and his pulse rate was 60 beats per minute. His triglyceride level was 44, well under the “normal” threshold of 150; his cholesterol was 173, under the “normal” threshold of 200; his HDL level was 68; and his LDL was 96 – all considered good, Scheiner said.”

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“It’s a disturbing pattern. Information is uncovered. First, he denies it. Then, the storyline changes to fit the facts that emerge”

That is the single biggest problem with how the Media is investigating Obama.

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