Canada’s Flaherty reveals skin disease, explains bloating

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty revealed on Thursday he is suffering from a serious skin disease and is taking steroids that make him appear bloated and red-faced, but that the problem is not preventing him from doing his job. Flaherty's health has been a source of speculation in Ottawa for months because of his changed appearance. The minister, 63, has had the rare condition, called bullous pemphigoid, for nearly a year, his office said in a statement. …