{"id":294006,"date":"2025-12-02T01:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T01:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/294006\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T01:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T01:11:12","slug":"white-house-issues-update-on-donald-trumps-health-as-president-undergoes-mri-scan-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/294006\/","title":{"rendered":"White House issues update on Donald Trump’s health as president undergoes MRI scan | US News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The White House has revealed details of Donald Trump’s recent medical evaluation involving a scan of his cardiovascular system and abdomen.<\/p>\n

The US president<\/a>, 79, underwent a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan in October, which was confirmed in a memo from his doctor, Sean P Barbabella.<\/p>\n

The White House physician wrote that the cardiovascular and abdominal imaging was “perfectly normal”.<\/p>\n

“The purpose of this imaging is preventive: to identify issues early, confirm overall health, and ensure he maintains long-term vitality and function,” said Dr Barbabella.<\/p>\n

He added that there was “no evidence of arterial narrowing impairing blood flow or abnormalities in the heart or major vessels”.<\/p>\n

“The heart chambers are normal in size, the vessel walls appear smooth and health, and there are no signs of inflammation, or clotting.”<\/p>\n

As for the abdominal imaging, he wrote that “all major organs appear very healthy and well-perfused”.<\/p>\n

“Everything evaluated is functioning within normal limits with no acute or chronic concerns.”<\/p>\n

He said the imaging was done “because men in his age group benefit from a thorough evaluation of cardiovascular and abdominal health”.<\/p>\n

While speaking to reporters on Sunday, the US president said he didn’t know what part of his body was examined but added: “It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and I aced it.”<\/p>\n

He described the results of the MRI as “perfect”.<\/p>\n

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Image:
\n Donald Trump in July with a swollen ankle. File pic: AP<\/p>\n

In 2022, Donald Trump described himself as “the healthiest president that’s ever lived” but in July was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency<\/a> (CVI) after noticing “mild swelling” in his lower legs.<\/p>\n

Dr Barbabella said CVI, which causes blood to pool in the veins, was a “benign and common condition, particularly in individuals over the age of 70”.<\/p>\n

Concerns were also raised in July about photos which showed bruising on the back of Mr Trump’s hand that had been covered with make-up.<\/p>\n

\"Make-up<\/p>\n

Image:
\n Make-up covering bruising on Mr Trump’s hand. File pic: AP<\/p>\n

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt clarified this was “minor soft tissue irritation from frequent handshaking and the use of aspirin” to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The White House has revealed details of Donald Trump’s recent medical evaluation involving a scan of his cardiovascular…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-294006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}