--- title: Donald Trump Discusses Recent Physical Exam on Dr. Oz Show description: Donald Trump discussed a recent physical exam on the Dr. Oz Show, after his campaign said he would not release records during the episode canonical: https://time.com/4492936/donald-trump-dr-oz-medical-records/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-14T15:12:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T02:30:36.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Discusses Recent Physical Exam on Dr. Oz Show og:description: Trump had said he would release detailed records soon og:url: https://time.com/4492936/donald-trump-dr-oz-medical-records/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb42a73f2c3ddbb6d/6988a5f6e20a871aeaa92653/donald-trump4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4500 og:image:height: 2531 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Discusses Recent Physical Exam on Dr. Oz Show twitter:description: Trump had said he would release detailed records soon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb42a73f2c3ddbb6d/6988a5f6e20a871aeaa92653/donald-trump4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Discusses Recent Physical Exam on Dr. Oz Show > Sponsored content. 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Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:30 AM UTCPublished: Sep 14, 2016 3:12 PM UTC Donald Trump on Wednesday discussed his most recent physical exam while taping an [appearance on the _Dr. Oz Show_](http://time.com/4486249/donald-trump-dr-oz-health-regimen/)—a surprise after his campaign said this morning he would not release medical records on the show. In an hour-long interview, Trump spoke to Dr. Mehmet Oz about his personal health and his ideas about health care policy, according to a press release from the show. The episode is set to air on Thursday. Trump recently suggested that both he and Hillary Clinton [release “detailed medical records](http://time.com/4470505/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-health-doctors/),” as he sought to raise doubts about her health. Clinton’s campaign has denied that she has any serious health issues and has responded with questions about the legitimacy of a [letter from Trump’s doctor](http://time.com/4469201/donald-trump-doctor-health-letter/). “If your health is as strong as it seems from your review of systems, why not share your medical records? Why not let people see?” Oz says in a video clip from the episode. “Well I really have no problem in doing it. I have it right here. Should I do it? I don’t care. Should I do it?” Trump says to audience applause, before handing papers to Oz. “It’s two letters. One is the report and the other is from Lenox Hill Hospital.” In an interview earlier this week, following Clinton’s pneumonia diagnosis, Trump said he would soon release “very, very specific” details from a recent physical. Clinton’s campaign also said this week that she [would release additional information](http://time.com/4487964/hillary-clinton-health-information/) about her health. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4492936/donald-trump-dr-oz-medical-records/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4492936/donald-trump-dr-oz-medical-records/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Discusses Recent Physical Exam on Dr. Oz Show","datePublished":"2016-09-14T15:12:27.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T02:30:36.000Z","description":"Trump had said he would release detailed records soon","url":"https://time.com/4492936/donald-trump-dr-oz-medical-records/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb42a73f2c3ddbb6d/6988a5f6e20a871aeaa92653/donald-trump4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb42a73f2c3ddbb6d/6988a5f6e20a871aeaa92653/donald-trump4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP","caption":"US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP","creditText":"Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4492936/donald-trump-dr-oz-medical-records/","name":"Donald Trump Discusses Recent Physical Exam on Dr. Oz Show"}}]}] ```