Editing Bob Dole (section)

==Health==
Dole had surgery for [[prostate cancer]] in 1991. He later spoke before Congress and on [[public service announcement]]s about early detection of the disease and the [[erectile dysfunction]] that resulted from his surgery.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bob Dole: Guinea Pig For Viagra |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bob-dole-guinea-pig-for-viagra/ |access-date=December 6, 2021 |publisher=CBS News |date=May 8, 1998}}</ref> He then became a paid spokesman for [[Sildenafil|Viagra]]. He also starred in a parody of his Viagra commercials for "the little blue can" of Pepsi.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bob Dole, longtime GOP senator and 1996 presidential nominee, dies |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/12/05/123981928/bob-dole-dies-at-98 |access-date=December 6, 2021 |publisher=NPR |date=December 5, 2021}}</ref>

In 2001, Dole, at age 77, was treated successfully for an [[abdominal aortic aneurysm]] by [[Vascular surgery|vascular surgeon]] [[Kenneth Ouriel]].<ref name=twsSEPgh45>{{cite news
| title = Bob Dole has surgery to treat aneurysm
| publisher = USA Today via Associated Press
| date = June 27, 2001
| url = https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/june01/2001-06-27-dole.htm
| access-date=September 22, 2009
}}</ref>

Dole underwent a [[hip replacement]] operation that required him to receive [[Anticoagulant|blood thinners]] in December 2004. One month after the surgery, doctors determined that he was [[Intracranial hemorrhage|bleeding inside his head]]. He spent 40 days at [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center]]; upon his release, his stronger left arm was of limited use. Dole told a reporter that he needed help to handle the simplest of tasks, since both of his arms were of limited use. He continued to go to Walter Reed several times a week for [[occupational therapy]] for his left shoulder.<ref name="Seelye2005">{{cite news |last1=Seelye |first1=Katharine Q. |title=Dole Discloses Emergency That Nearly Took His Life |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/politics/dole-discloses-emergency-that-nearly-took-his-life.html |work=The New York Times |date=April 10, 2005}}</ref>

In 2009, Dole was hospitalized for an elevated heart rate and sore legs for which he underwent a successful [[skin grafting]] procedure. He was hospitalized with [[pneumonia]] in February 2010 after undergoing knee surgery. Dole spent ten months at Walter Reed Army Medical Center recovering from the surgery and experienced three bouts with pneumonia. He was released from the hospital in November 2010. Dole was readmitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in January 2011 and spent about six days there being treated for a fever and a minor infection.<ref name="UPI2011">{{cite news |title=Bob Dole released from hospital |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/01/14/Bob-Dole-released-from-hospital/79161295010777/ |access-date=December 5, 2021 |work=United Press International |date=January 14, 2011 |language=en}}</ref>

Dole was hospitalized in November 2012 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, according to then-Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bob Dole Hospitalized|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/11/bob-dole-hospitalized/|work=ABC News|access-date=November 28, 2012}}</ref>
Dole was hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for [[hypotension]] on September 13, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bob-dole-hospitalized-at-walter-reed|title=Bob Dole hospitalized at Walter Reed|first=Brooke|last=Singman|date=September 22, 2017|publisher=Fox News|access-date=November 13, 2017}}</ref> He stayed for 24 hours before returning home.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bob-dole-released-hospital-reunited-dogs-ready-cocktail/story?id=50318326|title=Bob Dole released from hospital: Reunited with his dogs and ready for a cocktail|date=October 6, 2017|website=ABC News}}</ref>