The WikiLeaks secret State Department cables reveal more than backroom deals brokered to cover up U.S. mistakes and hand wringing over global nuclear hot spots.

A portion of the 250,000 cables the organization released deal with the health and emotional state of various top officials and world leaders. Here are some of the best so far, as summarized by various news organizations.

1. Washington wants to know: How does Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner handle stress? An all-caps typo-ridden cable sent from Washington to the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires and dated Dec. 1, 2034, asks embassy officials to look into certain issues to “develop a more well-rounded view” of the Latin American leader.

From the cable:

“HOW IS CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER MANAGING HER NERVES AND ANXIETY? HOW DOES STRESS AFFECT HER BEHAVIOR TOWARD ADVISORS AND/OR HER DECISIONMAKING? WHAT STEPS DOES CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER OR HER ADVISERS/HANDLERS, TAKE IN HELPING HER DEAL WITH STRESS? IS SHE TAKING ANY MEDICATIONS? UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES IS SHE BEST ABLE TO HANDLE STRESSES? HOW DO CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER,S EMOTIONS AFFECT HER DECISIONMAKING AND HOW DOES SHE CALM DOWN WHEN DISTRESSED?”

2. The same cable directs the embassy to figure out what’s going on with her husband Nestor’s gastrointestinal illness and temper. He died in October of a heart attack, according to the BBC.

“(S/NF) WHAT IS THE STATUS OF NESTOR KIRCHNER’S GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESS? DOES IT CONTINUE TO BOTHER HIM? IS HE TAKING ANY MEDICATIONS? LONG KNOWN FOR HIS TEMPER, HAS NESTOR KIRCHNER DEMONSTRATED A GREATER TENDENCY TO SHIFT BETWEEN EMOTIONAL EXTREMES? WHAT ARE MOST COMMON TRIGGERS TO NESTOR KIRCHNER’S ANGER?”

3. CNN reports U.S. diplomats have sent snippets of information about the health of Ayatollah Seed Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme religious leader. He has terminal cancer and is “expected to die in months,” an article reporting on an August 2009 cable, said. CNN said the ayatollah’s health could impact U.S. efforts to talk with Iran, as a subsequent cable reported the supreme leader was willing to make a deal with the U.S. over the country’s nuclear ambitions.

4. A July 2009 cable from Seoul called North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il “a flabby old chap.” Later cables report on Il's weight loss, mention his love of booze and predict Il has no more than five years to live.

Juliana Keeping is a health and environment reporter for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at julianakeeping@annarbor.com or 734-623-2528. Follow Juliana Keeping on Twitter