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In his first interview about his health, President Clinton said that it was 'very good,' that he had never had a serious illness and that he had controlled his three most pesky problems: hoarseness, allergies and weight. Sometimes, however, he misses comments in crowded areas because of a mild hearing loss. Clinton, 50, pledged in the interview to tell the public if he developed any serious illness while in the White House

In his first interview about his health, President Clinton said that it was 'very good,' that he had never had a serious illness and that he had controlled his three most pesky problems: hoarseness, allergies and weight. Sometimes, however, he misses comments in crowded areas because of a mild hearing loss. Clinton, 50, pledged in the interview Saturday to tell the public if he developed any serious illness while in the White House. From the moment he took office, he has had ready a detailed written plan on how to activate the 25th Amendment if he is ever disabled and Vice President Al Gore needs to assume the duties of president. Clinton said he did not have a living will or other directive to guide his care if he developed an incapacitating illness, and details of the plan under the 25th Amendment are classified for security reasons. Dr. Connie Mariano, the senior White House physician, said the plan covered a variety of potentially disabling medical conditions. Mariano was present during the interview

In his first interview about his health, President Clinton said that it was 'very good,' that he had never had a serious illness and that he had controlled his three most pesky problems: hoarseness, allergies and weight. Sometimes, however, he misses comments in crowded areas because of a mild hearing loss. Clinton, 50, pledged in the interview Saturday to tell the public if he developed any serious illness while in the White House. Since he took office, he has had ready a detailed written plan on how to activate the 25th Amendment if he is ever disabled and Vice President Al Gore needs to assume the duties of president. Clinton 'is fit to reenlist' for another term, said [Connie] Mariano, a Navy general internist, using a standard military phrase to summarize her belief that there are no medical reasons that Clinton cannot serve a second term. Mariano spoke in a lengthy interview after Clinton's most recent checkup, on May 24, and in additional interviews this weekend

Discussing In his first interview about his health, President Clinton said that it was ' very good, ' that he had never had had a serious illness and that he had controlled his three most pesky problems: hoarseness, allergies and weight. Sometimes, however, he misses comments in crowded areas because of a mild hearing loss. Clinton, who is 50 years old , pledged in the interview, on Saturday , to tell the public if he developed any serious illness while in the White House. From the moment he took office, he has had ready a detailed written plan on how to activate the 25th Amendment if he is ever disabled and Vice President Al Gore needs to act as assume the duties of president. Clinton said he did not have a living will or other directive to guide his care if he developed an incapacitating illness, and details of the plan under the 25th Amendment are classified for security reasons. Dr. Connie Mariano, the senior White House physician, said the plan covered a variety of potentially disabling medical conditions

Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin is undergoing tests in a Moscow hospital in preparation for the heart bypass operation he needs, and extraordinary efforts are being made to send medical personnel and equipment for the surgery. All of this raises the question whether Yeltin's insistence on having the delicate triple or quadruple bypass operation done in Moscow, apparently because of national pride and a precarious hold on power, made him vulnerable to 'the V.I.P. syndrome,' jeopardizing chances of a successful outcome

After months of speculation and rumors about the health of Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin, Michael E. DeBakey, the American pioneering heart surgeon, and Russian doctors gave the first detailed account of his medical condition and prospects for heart surgey. DeBakey said that although Yeltsin's 'general condition is not bad at all,' he does have serious blockage in the arteries that feed the heart

After months of speculation and rumors about the health of Boris Yeltsin, Dr. Michael DeBakey, the American pioneering heart surgeon, and Russian doctors gave the first detailed account of his medical condition and prospects for heart surgery. Calming days of mounting concern that Yeltsin may be too sick to rule Russia, his doctors said that the Russian leader would go ahead with a bypass operation and was expected to make a full recovery. The surprisingly optimistic prognosis, endorsed by DeBakey, gave a badly needed lift to the Yeltsin government, which had been shaken by assertions that he might too sick to risk surgery