Bernie Sanders was in “overall very good health” at the time of his last physical, health records show.
According to a letter from his doctor released Thursday, the Vermont Senator has been treated for a variety of minor ailments over the years, including high cholesterol, gout, acid reflux, inflammation of the digestive tract, hernia surgery and superficial skin tumors. He currently takes medicine daily to help with an underactive thyroid.
“You are in overall very good health and active in your professional work, and recreational lifestyle without limitation,” wrote Dr. Brian P. Monahan, attending physician for the U.S. Congress, where Sanders has gotten medical care for 26 years.
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According to the letter, the 74-year-old Democratic presidential candidate weighs 179 pounds and his blood pressure is 136/81—a systolic blood pressure that health officials consider borderline hypertension. His pulse was normal at 72 beats per minute, as was his cholesterol.
Sanders’ rival Hillary Clinton released a two-page letter from her personal physician in July which said she was in “excellent physical condition.”
