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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh yeah, Dr. Oz finally won the Republican primary...will be an interesting race of a New Jersey medical doctor TV star vs. a Pennsylvania blue-collar-ish politician with a recent heart condition.

David McCormick Concedes to Dr. Oz in the G.O.P. Primary for Senate in Pennsylvania
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/us/elections/pennsylvania-senate-oz-mccormick.html[/quote]

And Fetterman's doctor released this note:  Why would Fetterman want him to do this?  His doctor didn't need to say anything because...HIPAA.

[quote]His physician, Ramesh R. Chandra, released a scolding note saying that when Mr. Fetterman was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and a decreased heart pump in 2017, he was prescribed medicine, lifestyle changes and follow-up appointments, but that he “did not go to any doctor for five years and did not continue taking his medications.”[/quote]

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Probably for the sake of appearing transparent? Also so he can say that he was ignoring his health before, but now he's not - and one of his big aims is to make sure all Pennsylvanians have access to good medical care so they don't have to go without treatment either.
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^ Me again, and yeah:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/04/us/politics/pa-senate-fetterman-dr-oz.html

[quote]Now that common-man appeal must include the contrition of an ailing patient who ignored his doctor’s advice for years and an overt appeal to the sympathies of the voters.

“Like so many others, and so many men in particular, I avoided going to the doctor, even though I knew I didn’t feel well,” Mr. Fetterman said in a statement on Friday that broke weeks of silence since he had left the campaign trail. “As a result, I almost died. I want to encourage others to not make the same mistake.”

The statement read like a confession. He suffered a stroke last month, just days before Pennsylvania’s primary, and seemed to let his campaign systematically downplay his condition. All that ended on Friday when he admitted that he suffered from a heart condition called cardiomyopathy and had left other heart issues untreated for years.

His physician, Ramesh R. Chandra, released a scolding note saying that when Mr. Fetterman was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and a decreased heart pump in 2017, he was prescribed medicine, lifestyle changes and follow-up appointments, but that he “did not go to any doctor for five years and did not continue taking his medications.”

The drama might enhance Mr. Fetterman’s appeal by further humanizing him, but that is not assured.

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