Bush's prostate screening test registered at 0.5.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Other information from Bush's checkup included:

- His body fat percentage fell to 15.79 from 18.25. It was 14.5 percent at his physical in August 2003.

- His ability to see at a distance was 20/20 in both eyes. He uses reading glasses at times to see more clearly up-close.

- A prostate screening test registered at 0.5. A desirable level is anything under 4.

- Bush suffers from occasional reflux of stomach acid after drinking coffee or eating peppermint, two items that doctors recommended he reduce or eliminate from his diet.

- His exercise regimen includes pedaling his mountain bike at up to 18 miles an hour for 15 miles to 20 miles a week; doing low-impact "hill work" on a treadmill; and free weight resistance training and stretching.

- He smokes a cigar now and then, takes a daily multivitamin, low-dose aspirin, Omega 3 fatty acids linked to lower heart disease and glucosamine/chondroitin to ease stiffness in his joints.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/30/bush.physical.ap/index.html

[trof]

1. The prostrate test is the PSA. Now considered about worthless.

Prostate Specific Antigen, I think.
I used to get them, but now recent research shows so many false positives that it's basically useless.
Good to see his doc is right on top of the latest medical developments.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

9. Men, ask your DOCTOR about PSA testing.

[VOX]

16. Don't sell the PSA test too short. It detected my PCa early...

And saved my life, or at the very least, an extraordinary painful and medically complicated rest-of-my-shortened-life. I was treated in my mid-40s, so there was a chance that my cancer was more agressive than most. The test was useful not only because it showed an elevation, but also over time, a *velocity* -- a steadily rising PSA, having established a baseline.

But you're right, elevated PSAs can indicate many things, most of them *not* cancer. It's far from perfect, but analyzed properly by a good urologist, it's a useful tool. :thumbsup:

[babylonsister]

2. Yes, but was his brain tested?

:shrug:

[Deja Q]

3. Especially that 'new freedom initiative' nonsense wants us all tested.

What's good for the goose is greater for the gander.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Can't test what ain't there, excepting the part what keeps the autonomic

systems cruising along.

[whosinpower]

8. He lost 8 lbs.....

He has no brain!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

13. It's right next to his prostate so I think they checked it.

:evilgrin:

[Dukkha]

4. it's the same as his approval rating

amazing coincidence

[Spinzonner]

5. Really, that's surprising considering he's such a prick

[Maestro]

7. Well hell he has the time to stay fit.

It's hard work being a patsy. He just says what he is told and then goes back to working out. I'd like to see Rummy's, Cheney's and Hastert's medical records. Somthing tells me that those records wouldn't be so good.

[miss_kitty]

10. that is so unfair

x(

[ghostsofgiants]

11. Is this really such a smart idea for him?

"His exercise regimen includes pedaling his mountain bike at up to 18 miles an hour for 15 miles to 20 miles a week."

[Sannum]

12. They didn't talk about the 6 grams of coke that he consumes every week...

and the huge amounts of alcohol:shrug:

Did Gannon do the prostate exam:evilgrin:

[AntiCoup2K4]

14. Acid reflux AFTER eating peppermint??

Now that's weird. I've found that nothing works better to calm down acid reflux than 2 or 3 Altoids. :shrug:

[skygazer]

15. There's a job I wouldn't want

Sticking my finger up Bush's butt.... The mental picture makes my stomach hurt.

[VOX]

17. "And the docs did a CT scan of his head, but they couldn't find a thing."

Sorry. An update of an old Dizzy Dean joke. :)

[jmowreader]

18. So we're basically talking a gym rat

I'd feel much better if there was a secure phone hooked to his treadmill and his Nautilus machine...you know, so there'd be at least the fantasy that he does something besides work out and play video games all day long.