President Obama’s Doctor Says The Commander In Chief Is In ‘Excellent Condition.’

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s doctor says the commander in chief’s first medical checkup since he took office finds the 48-year-old is in “excellent health” and is “fit for duty.”

The physician, Navy Capt. Jeffrey Kuhlman, says he saw nothing in his examination of the president on Sunday that would prevent Obama from fulfilling his term as president.

He recommends that Obama “continue smoking cessation efforts” and modify his exercise regimen to strengthen his leg muscles to overcome occasional pain from chronic tendinitis in his left leg.

Obama uses a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory for the tendinitis and “nicotine replacement therapy” – believed to be nicotine gum – in his bid to quit smoking.

The details are in a report the White House released after the checkup.