"As President, Roosevelt's train journeys were limited to 35 miles per hour to minimize his discomfort from the vibration of the car 1. (Perhaps his muscles were weak to the point they couldn't buffer the impact, or they were so wasted that he had no cushion.)...FDR was diagnosed as having systolic hypertension in 1937. Diastolic hypertension was first diagnosed in 1941...In May 1941, FDR had severe iron deficiency anemia. His hemoglobin level was 4.5g/100ml, apparently due to bleeding hemorrhoids...Two independent lines of evidence suggest FDR had a malignant melanoma excised while in the White House...Interestingly, FDR's main health problem, starting around November 1944, was anorexia and weight loss...During the night of November 28, 1943 FDR had an "acute digestive attack." He was attending the Tehran conference at the time..."His doctors first thought it was the flu but it could have been an embolic event as he was diagnosed with heart problems shortly thereafter. There's more.