http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/01/AR2006080100300.htmlBush Passes Physical, but Adds 5 Pounds
By JENNIFER LOVEN
The Associated Press
Tuesday, August 1, 2006; 5:13 PM
WASHINGTON -- President Bush's doctors pronounced him healthy and in better shape than most men his age Tuesday, but the president himself seemed a little upset about packing on some extra pounds.
Doctors treated a small precancerous lesion on his left arm but indicated it was nothing serious. They told him to use sunscreen and wear a hat.
President Bush strides across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006 to board his helicopter for a short flight to the National Naval Medical Center in nearby Bethesda, Md. The 60-year-old commander in chief is scheduled to receive his annual physical examination. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
President Bush strides across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006 to board his helicopter for a short flight to the National Naval Medical Center in nearby Bethesda, Md. The 60-year-old commander in chief is scheduled to receive his annual physical examination. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (J. Scott Applewhite - AP)
Bush got the works at his annual physical. It took more than four hours and was conducted by a team of nine doctors, overseen by White House physician Richard Tubb and Dr. Kenneth Cooper, the president of the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas. The group included skin, hearing, heart, eye and sports medicine specialists.
"I find him to be fit for duty and have every reasonable expectation that he will remain fit for duty for the duration of his presidency," they said in a written statement.
Before leaving the National Naval Medical Center in suburban Maryland, Bush _ an avid mountain biker who is known to be intensely interested in his fitness level _ homed in on the negative.
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