#Thread #ExpressResearch | A code of silence: The secrecy surrounding health of US presidents is not new @sahilmbeg

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@sahilmbeg #ExpressResearch | There is a long, uncomfortable history of American presidents being dishonest to the public about their health. In some cases, the issues were minor, in others quite serious.

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@sahilmbeg #ExpressResearch | In 1893, Grover Cleveland, the only American to have served two non-consecutive terms as president, boarded his friend’s yacht 'The Oneida' and was not heard for the next 5 days. In the eyes of the public, the president was on a fishing trip.
@sahilmbeg #ExpressResearch | However, the truth emerged some 24 years later when it appeared the president had actually been on the yacht for an oral surgery.

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@sahilmbeg #ExpressResearch | As a 44-year-old, John F. Kennedy was the youngest president of the country. However, he battled several health problems throughout his life that were mostly kept as a secret from the public.

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@sahilmbeg #ExpressResearch | Historians using archival records of White House physicians, letters, and oral histories have attempted to piece together Kennedy’s medical profile that paints a grim picture of a president who was plagued by a series of diseases.

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@sahilmbeg #ExpressResearch | There are also other notable examples. President Lyndon B Johnson secretly underwent surgery in 1967. President Dwight D Eisenhower suffered a serious heart attack in 1955 during a vacation.

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