NYT: Many Holes in Disclosure of Nominees's Health
| By Dave Harding, ProgressOhio - Oct 20th, 2008 at 10:10 am EDT |
In a new report on the medical records of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, the New York Times’s Dr. Lawrence Altman wonders whether Sen. John McCain’s left-temple melanoma is more serious than reported. If it were reclassified as a Stage III cancer, it would “change his statistical odds for survival at 10 years from about 60 percent to 36 percent,” with his age and sex increasing the risk.
Sarah Palin refused to release any medical reords for The Times report.
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