INTERVIEW: Strokes, Secret Surgeries, Depression & Hemorrhoids (Yes, Hemorrhoids) - What To Know About The Health of U.S. Presidents

SmartHERNews

Jenna Lee

Education, News

5 • 615 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

A severely depressed president ... a president with a "mysterious growth" ... a president with a hidden surgery ... another with a stroke that left him incapacitated ... and a commander-in-chief whose hemorrhoids became international news (true story).

All stories we hear about from Dr. Jacob Appel, M.D., MS, MPH, who has become a leading expert on presidential health. From the role of the White House physician to the health qualms of Pres. George Washington to the difference of cognitive and neurological exams for aging leaders, Dr. Appel weaves some healthy, historical perspective into today's continuing developing story about the health and political future of Pres. Biden.

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0:00.0	Hello from the Heartland. My name is Jenna and this is Smarter News,
0:07.0	news when it matters and why it matters. Our Smarter series features unique people who help us think and live smarter.
0:15.0	Jacob Appel is a genius. One word for Jacob Appel is a genius.
0:21.6	One word for Jacob Appel? Brilliant.
0:25.6	Super smart, intelligent, successful.
0:27.6	Sometimes I think Jacob is a figment of my imagination, of all of our imaginations.
0:32.6	So I graduated from Brown, which I have to tell people as a four-year college.
0:39.3	With a DA and an NA.
0:41.3	MA in American history.
0:43.3	In a master of philosophy from Columbia in history.
0:47.3	Half the Ivy League schools to his name.
0:49.3	I have an MFA in fiction creative writing from NYU.
0:54.9	I have a medical degree from Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons.
0:58.7	I'm off at Law School with a JD.
1:01.5	He's giving me psychiatric advice.
1:03.3	He's giving me legal advice.
1:04.8	So I mean, he's a good friend to have.
1:06.8	I have a degree in bioethics in MS, a degree in playwriting from Queens College, CUNY.
1:13.6	I figured that the guy just didn't sleep, which I later found out to be pretty much true.
1:18.6	And I have an MPH from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
1:23.6	And he probably has some others too, okay? I'm stopping there.
1:26.6	That's pretty good. Yep. I didn't know that.
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