{"id":205247,"date":"2025-10-11T10:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T10:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/205247\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T10:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T10:51:08","slug":"exceptional-health-donald-trumps-cardiac-age-reported-14-years-younger-than-his-actual-age-undergoes-preventive-screenings-vaccinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/205247\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Exceptional health\u2019: Donald Trump\u2019s cardiac age reported 14 years younger than his actual age; undergoes preventive screenings, vaccinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/donald-trump-ap.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Exceptional health\u2019: Donald Trump\u2019s cardiac age reported 14 years younger than his actual age; undergoes preventive screenings, vaccinations\" title=\"Donald Trump (AP)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Donald Trump was declared in \u201cexceptional health\u201d following a medical evaluation, according to a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his \u201ccardiac age\u201d reportedly 14 years younger than his chronological age.&#8221;Trump remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance,&#8221; Trump&#8217;s physician Sean Barbabella said in a memo.<\/p>\n<p>Trump Undergoes Mystery Health Checkup At Walter Reed Amid Growing Speculations<\/p>\n<p>Trump also underwent preventive health screenings and received immunizations, including his annual flu shot and updated Covid-19 booster, ahead of upcoming international travel.&#8221;His cardiac age &#8211; a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG &#8211; was found be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age,&#8221; the memo read. Trump, 79, became the oldest person to be inaugurated as US president in January and ranks as the second oldest to hold the office in American history.Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on Friday morning for a routine annual checkup, as well as a meeting and remarks with military personnel. The visit came six months after he underwent a comprehensive physical examination.A White House memo released after Trump\u2019s April exam noted that he is 6 feet 3 inches (190 cm) tall, weighs 224 pounds (102 kg), and has well-controlled high cholesterol. The memo highlighted both his overall health and his golf performance, as cited by Reuters. Since his April exam, Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a condition often seen in older adults that can lead to leg swelling.Trump\u2019s health has come under scrutiny a year after former President Joe Biden ended his 2024 reelection bid amid questions about his fitness for office. During last year\u2019s campaign, Trump contrasted himself with Biden, presenting himself as younger and in better physical condition.Trump\u2019s former physician, Harold Bornstein, recalled that during the 2015 presidential campaign, Trump dictated a statement, attributed to Bornstein, describing his health as \u201castonishingly excellent.\u201d Bornstein also said that during a 2019 visit to Walter Reed, Trump asked staff to sign nondisclosure agreements for the appointment, which was later revealed to be a colonoscopy, according to NBC News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald Trump was declared in \u201cexceptional health\u201d following a medical evaluation, according to a memo released by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[64,63,127443,127442,137,500,20513,127444,127448,3281,127445,127447,127446,19542],"class_list":["post-205247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cardiac-age","tag-donald-trump-health","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-nbc-news","tag-preventive-health-screenings","tag-sean-barbabella","tag-trump","tag-vaccinations","tag-walter-reed","tag-walter-reed-national-military-medical-center","tag-white-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}