Mike Pence has released a letter from his doctor vouching for his "excellent" health. The letter summarizes the medical history of the Republican vice presidential nominee and says he can maintain his high level of work and exercise routines "without limitations."
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The letter about Pence Billig Damen Puma Fenty Bow Bandana Slides Olive Grün , the 57-year-old governor of Indiana, was dated Thursday and came after Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Tim Kaine, also provided some details of their medical history. The health of the candidates has become an issue since Clinton stumbled at a 911 memorial event and revealed afterward that she had been diagnosed with pneumonia.
Pence's letter is written by Dr. Michael Busk with the St. Vincent Health, Wellness and Preventive Care Institute in Indianapolis. He summarizes Pence's medical history and results of a physical examination from July 6.
Busk said that Pence had basal cell carcinomas — skin cancer — removed from his face in 2002 and 2010. He also had surgery in August 2015 to repair a hernia. Pence last had a colonoscopy in 2009 and no polyps were found. Busk said the only medication Pence takes is Claritin for seasonal allergies, he does not smoke or drink alcohol Kaufen Puma Leadcat Fenty Fur Slides Grau , has diet-controlled heartburn and exercises four times a week.
Pence also has a condition known as "left bundle branch block," which causes the heart's left ventricle to contract later than the right ventricle. Pence had "extensive evaluations" at the hospital in 2014 following the discovery of that condition, and Busk said "the cardiologists feel you have a very good and strong heart."
Pence's main form of exercising is bicycling, and the doctor said he also walks and climbs stairs extensively. Pence is 5-feet, 10-inches tall and weighs 208 pounds. His blood pressure at the July exam was 11681 and his cholesterol was 216.
"Overall you are in excellent general and cardiovascular health," the doctor wrote. "You are medically able to maintain your high level of professional work and your physical activity programs without limitations."
BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- For many kids born into poverty in China Billig Puma Leadcat Fenty Fur Slides Schwarz , the national college entrance examination offers a chance to change their lives: A degree means better job prospects and a more comfortable life.
Li Shuo's parents, who live in a small village in northeast China's Jilin Province, did not go to university. Due to poor health, Li's father transferred the rights to the family's farm land, while his mother was a house wife. They had always hoped that one day their son would go to university and become an engineer.
So when Li failed the entrance test in 2014, the future of the whole family, who live on an annual income of some 5 Billig Puma Leadcat Fenty Fur Slides Rot ,000 yuan (767.4 U.S. dollars), looked uncertain.
Li's head teacher stepped in to help the youngster, suggesting that he apply to universities through a special enrollment channel, which was designed for students from underprivileged families.
It was thanks to this that Li secured a place at Changchun University of Science and Technology. He was also informed that he would qualify for subsidized tuition fees.
Li is just one of the thousands of students to have benefitted from China's education reform. Ma Changjun, headmaster of Tongyu No. 1 High School in Jilin's Baicheng City, said, in recent years Puma Leadcat Fenty Fur Slides Wine Schweiz , special enrollment policies have quadrupled the number students from impoverished backgrounds being accepted by the country's most prestigious universities.
According to the Education Ministry, more than 69,000 students from poor families in the countryside enjoyed the preferential enrollment policy in 2014, compared with 10,000 in 2012.
Education reform is just one aspect of the wider drive to improve the lives of ordinary Chinese.
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The best way to test if reform has achieved its aim is to check people's true feelings about the results, as put by Chinese President Xi Jinping, "making people have a sense of gain."
In Hepu Village of Anhui Province, Wang Shousen and his fellow villagers' lives have been changed by changes to the land ownership system.
Wang, 50, used to be a migrant worker. Now he rents over 4,000 mu (267 hectares) of land Puma Rihanna Creepers Kaufen , thanks to a new regulation that allows farmers to rent their land to others.
The 1,000 villagers who rent their land to Wang now have more time to work for others, and are happy earning the extra money.
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