Perry, director of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, and an author of numerous books, including a biography of JFK’s mother Rose Kennedy. “He was always careful to get a suntan, either with a sunlamp or sunshine,” notes Historian Barbara A. He wrote an article for Sports Illustrated warning that Americans were too soft, and created the President’s Council on Physical Fitness to encourage both children and adults to exercise more. JFK Projected an Image of Robust Healthīut hardly anyone found out, because Kennedy kept the extent of his health problems a carefully guarded secret, and instead worked to craft an image of good health-and he encouraged Americans to prioritize their health as well. Mandel wrote in 2009 in Annals of Internal Medicine. “In actuality, he had the most complex medical history of anyone to occupy the White House,” Dr. He used demerol and methadone for pain, barbiturates to help him sleep, an amphetamine, thyroid hormone, and an anti-anxiety medication, and injections of gamma globulins to fight infections, among other prescriptions. As historian Robert Dallek discovered when studying his medical records years later, Kennedy took as many as 12 different medications at once.
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