'How dare you!' Doctors group attacked for Hillary-health poll

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When the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons asked its membership and several thousand other doctors in an informal poll whether Hillary Clinton is exhibiting symptoms of health problems that could disqualify her from the presidency, the group's leadership was shocked at the result.

While a huge majority responded she was, the negative backlash against asking the question, even among those who agreed with the majority, was also surprising.

Dr. Jane Orient, executive director of the group, told WND many doctors said the organization had no business even raising the issue.

She described the load of "vituperation" she got after the poll results were released. Nearly 71 percent of those responding to the poll said there are "serious" concerns about Hillary Clinton's health that "could be disqualifying for the position of president."

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The critics, Orient noted, didn't say, "Well I think she looks perfectly normal. They said, 'How dare you ask!' I was pretty amazed," she told WND.

She explained she and those responding to the poll are not diagnosing Clinton, but they are raising questions based on the obvious symptoms she's exhibiting during her campaign.

After all, this is the presidency, she noted.

"What about the ruckus raised over [presidential candidate John] McCain's skin cancer," she wondered. "What about this spouting about [Donald] Trump's alleged psychiatric problems?"

The critics "are not saying, 'You're mistaken. Traumatic blood clots in the brain aren't a problem.'"

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Orient, who has written commentaries about Clinton's health, continued: "It's just really puzzling. If I'm wrong [on an issue] about a medical nature, I've said, tell me. But I haven't received anything," she said.

Instead, her critics say: "You're a crank. You're an extremist. ... You're not supposed to talk about them."

She said the 2015 letter from a Clinton physician "just doesn't answer the questions."

The unscientific poll of members of an email list who mostly are members of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons found that a huge majority believe Hillary Clinton is exhibiting health symptoms that could disqualify her from the presidency.

While the AAPS does not have the size of membership of the American Medical Association or the reach, the poll results drew wide attention when they were posted in the lead position on the Drudge Report for much of Thursday and into Friday.

A video shows a number of questions being raised.

In addition, television psychologist Dr. Drew Pinsky, in an interview on KABC's "McIntyre in the Morning" radio show discussed Clinton's medical records.

He and another physician found reason for "concern."

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"Both of us concluded that if we were providing the care she was receiving, we would be ashamed to show up in a doctor's lounge," Drew told the show's hosts. "We would be laughed out. She's receiving sort of 1950s-level care by our evaluation."

He cited the "bizarre" medications she's taking for blood clots and hypothyroidism.

Within days, Pinsky's show was canceled.

An award-winning surgeon wrote a commentary that put the concerns about Clinton's health in perspective.

"Imagine, if you would, that tomorrow Donald Trump suffers a concussion. Suppose he trips on a flight of stairs, falling down and hitting his head," writes Gerard Gianoli, M.D.

"The head injury is so severe that he is unconscious for a time and has to be hospitalized for a week. After getting out of the hospital, the Trump campaign tells us that he has fully recovered and that there are no lingering effects of the head trauma. During the following weeks, he is seen in public to wear glasses with a Fresnel lens on one side. He also seems to have trouble maintaining his balance, loses his thoughts in the middle of speeches, and has episodes of spasmodic movements suggestive of seizures."

He continued: "In this imaginary scenario, would it surprise anyone if the media became skeptical and pressed for release of Mr. Trump's medical records? Would it surprise anyone if the Clinton campaign made an issue of Mr. Trump’s health status during speeches and in TV ads? Would the media cry 'foul' over the Clinton campaign doing so? I think the answers to these questions are self-evident. The media and the Clinton campaign would be all over this like white on rice, and no one would question the appropriateness of their actions.

"To my knowledge, Mr. Trump has had no such issues with his health. However, Mrs. Clinton has had multiple problems – some she has revealed and some that she has not revealed."

Gianoli, in private practice in Covington, Louisiana, and a faculty member at Tulane University School of Medicine, has pioneered treatments in his specialty areas. He has been granted the American Academy of Otolaryngology's Honor Award, among others.

Among the situations that have caused alarm for many are several on Video:

One appears to show her losing her concentration while speaking.

She simply comes to a halt and stares at the audience.

See the video:

And a July 21 video posted on YouTube shows Clinton's head suddenly turning and shaking vigorously for several seconds.

Blogger Jim Hoft of the Gateway Pundit headlined it, "Wow!" Did Hillary Clinton Just Suffer a Seizure on Camera?"

"The poor woman is in worse shape than we thought," he wrote.