Biden just got a physical. But a cognitive test was not part of the assessment
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden just got a physical. But a cognitive test was not part of the assessment

NPR  

Biden just got a physical. But a cognitive test was not part of the assessment Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP President Biden got his latest physical on Wednesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center — an evaluation that the White House said drew on the expertise of 20 doctors but did not involve a cognitive exam. Sponsor Message Biden did not have a cognitive test as part of his physical White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that his doctors determined that he didn't need a cognitive exam — though Biden's longtime doctor did not address the matter directly in his report. Biden is doing more stretching and added one new medication for acid reflux O'Connor said Biden has had a "mildly decreased range of motion" due to arthritis, including in his hip. The president continues to takes five other medications: two over-the-counter allergy medicines for seasonal allergies Pepcid for acid reflux a blood thinner for atrial fibrillation, which was diagnosed in the past, with no signs of heart failure Crestor, a statin to help keep his cholesterol levels controlled Sponsor Message O'Connor said Biden weighs 178 pounds — exactly what he weighed last year.

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Is Biden competent to serve again? Here's what health experts say
5 months, 1 week ago

Is Biden competent to serve again? Here's what health experts say

Raw Story  

As Joe Biden's verbal gaffes, shaky voice and other troubling signs have brought an intense focus on the US president's mental acuity, health experts are calling on him and rival Donald Trump to pass additional cognitive tests, even while warning against leaping to conclusions. Dennis Selkoe, a neurologist at Harvard Medical School, said the fundamental issue is whether Biden is …

Biden’s medical condition is only a part of the picture.
5 months, 1 week ago

Biden’s medical condition is only a part of the picture.

Slate  

With President Joe Biden’s debate and subsequent interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on everyone’s mind, some attention has shifted to a man who might have profound insight into his overall condition and whether he remains fit to serve: White House physician Kevin O’Connor. In February, he released a routine summary of Biden’s health, which noted that he has sleep apnea, …

'Ask Trump for his': Joe Biden challenges ex-president to take a neurological exam
5 months, 1 week ago

'Ask Trump for his': Joe Biden challenges ex-president to take a neurological exam

Raw Story  

When President Biden gave his press conference at the NATO summit on Thursday, he was predictably bombarded with questions about his age, his fitness to carry on the election campaign, and whether he was giving any thought to dropping out of the race — which he again adamantly denied. When the question came to whether Biden would take a neurological …

Joe Biden exhibits ‘classic features of neurodegeneration,’ Parkinson’s doctor claims: ‘Not a hard case’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Joe Biden exhibits ‘classic features of neurodegeneration,’ Parkinson’s doctor claims: ‘Not a hard case’

Hindustan Times  

New York-based neurologist Dr. Tom Pitts, who specialises in treating Parkinson’s disease, has claimed that Joe Biden exhibits “classic features of neurodegeneration.” Pitts assessed the president based on his public appearances. Joe Biden exhibits ‘classic features of neurodegeneration,’ Parkinson’s doctor says “I could have diagnosed him from across the mall,” Pitts told NBC News Now’s ‘Top Story with Tom Llamas.’ …

President Joe Biden saw neurologist at White House for Jan. 17 exam, press secretary says
5 months, 2 weeks ago

President Joe Biden saw neurologist at White House for Jan. 17 exam, press secretary says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden saw a neurologist at the White House on Jan. 17 for a neurological exam, the results of which were later reported as part of his annual physical more than a month later, the White House said on Tuesday. Behind closed doors, Senate Democrats have expressed deep concerns The mood for Democrats on Capitol Hill is …

Should Biden take a cognitive test? Here’s what it would — and wouldn’t — tell us
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Should Biden take a cognitive test? Here’s what it would — and wouldn’t — tell us

LA Times  

A patient takes cognitive test in Columbus, Ohio. In carrying out his duties as leader of the free world, he said, “I have a cognitive test every single day.” Though the president dismissed the suggestion, medical experts said the idea of having Biden — along with his 78-year-old challenger, former President Trump — take some kind of cognitive exam had …

Republicans demand Biden’s doctor sits for interview about president’s medical assessments
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans demand Biden’s doctor sits for interview about president’s medical assessments

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy House Oversight Committee chair James Comer has demanded Joe Biden’s …

Biden at 81: Often sharp and focused but sometimes confused and forgetful, observers say
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden at 81: Often sharp and focused but sometimes confused and forgetful, observers say

LA Times  

President Biden’s conduct behind closed doors, in the Oval Office, on Air Force One and in meetings around the world is described in the same dual way by those who regularly see him in action. Biden’s allies worry that the next inevitable misstep — even if it’s not of the magnitude of his debate performance — will resurrect voter concerns …

Trump asks Biden to take drug test ahead of first presidential debate on June 27
6 months ago

Trump asks Biden to take drug test ahead of first presidential debate on June 27

India Today  

Former US President Donald Trump has called for President Joe Biden to undergo a drug test ahead of their upcoming debate on Thursday, June 27, alleging that his Democratic rival might use medication during the CNN debate. Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, said he was Trump made the demand via his social media platform, Truth Social, stating, “DRUG TEST FOR …

Donald Trump DEMANDS 'crooked' Joe Biden take a drug test before the presidential debate: 'I would also immediately agree to one'
6 months ago

Donald Trump DEMANDS 'crooked' Joe Biden take a drug test before the presidential debate: 'I would also immediately agree to one'

Daily Mail  

Former President Donald Trump is demanding 'crooked' Joe Biden take a drug test ahead of this week's presidential debate, saying he would also take one. The ex-president's request comes after his former White House doctor, Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, who served under both President Obama and Trump, asked Biden to take a drug screening ahead of the televised event. Former …

Rep Ronny Jackson demands drug test on President Biden, claims he may use enhancers for debate with Trump
6 months ago

Rep Ronny Jackson demands drug test on President Biden, claims he may use enhancers for debate with Trump

Hindustan Times  

Rep. Ronny Jackson from Texas, who used to be a White House doctor, suggested on Sunday that President Joe Biden should take drug tests right before and after Thursday's presidential debate against Donald Trump. Rep Ronny Jackson claims Biden uses performance-enhancing drugs "I'm asking, on behalf of many concerned Americans, that he takes a drug test before and after the …

Trump forgets the name of his White House doctor – seconds after challenging Biden to a cognitive test
6 months, 1 week ago

Trump forgets the name of his White House doctor – seconds after challenging Biden to a cognitive test

The Independent  

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Donald Trump mocked for forgetting his doctor's name while calling for Biden's cognitive test
6 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump mocked for forgetting his doctor's name while calling for Biden's cognitive test

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump, never one to shy away from taking a dig at President Joe Biden, found himself in an awkward moment when he inadvertently mixed up the name of the doctor who previously tested his cognitive abilities. The former POTUS suggested on Saturday night that Biden "should have to take a cognitive test" after a series of videos from the …

Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test but confuses the name of the doctor who tested him
6 months, 1 week ago

Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test but confuses the name of the doctor who tested him

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump on Saturday night suggested President Joe Biden “should have to take a cognitive test,” only to confuse who administered the test to him in the next sentence. The former president and presumptive Republican nominee referred to Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson, who was the White House physician for part of his presidency, as “Ronny Johnson.” The …

Trump challenges Biden to cognitive test, but confuses name of doctor who tested him
6 months, 1 week ago

Trump challenges Biden to cognitive test, but confuses name of doctor who tested him

NPR  

Trump challenges Biden to cognitive test, but confuses name of doctor who tested him toggle caption Carlos Osorio/AP WASHINGTON — Donald Trump on Saturday night suggested President Joe Biden “should have to take a cognitive test," only to confuse who administered the test to him in the next sentence. The former president and presumptive Republican nominee referred to Texas Republican …

Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test but misstates the name of doctor who tested him
6 months, 1 week ago

Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test but misstates the name of doctor who tested him

LA Times  

Donald Trump on Saturday night suggested that President Biden “should have to take a cognitive test,” only to confuse who administered the test to him in the next sentence. The former president and presumptive Republican nominee referred to Rep. Ronny Jackson, who was the White House physician for part of his presidency, as “Ronny Johnson.” The moment came as Trump …

Biden, 81, showed 'no new concerns' in his physical and is 'active and robust' and 'fit to serve': Doctors say president still has a stiff gait, has a new sleep apnea mask and a fresh contact lens pre
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden, 81, showed 'no new concerns' in his physical and is 'active and robust' and 'fit to serve': Doctors say president still has a stiff gait, has a new sleep apnea mask and a fresh contact lens pre

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden's 2024 physical remained largely unchanged from last year, with his White House doctor saying there are 'no new concerns' and labeling the 81-year-old 'fit to serve.' White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed President Joe Biden did not take a cognitive test during his annual physical on Wednesday, and insisted he 'doesn't need' one. Jean-Pierre also pushed …

Trump furiously denies he's 'cognitively impaired' in rambling Truth Social post
1 year ago

Trump furiously denies he's 'cognitively impaired' in rambling Truth Social post

Raw Story  

Early Monday morning, Donald Trump addressed reports that his mind is slipping with a rambling defense claiming his speech blunders are part of a greater strategy. In an attempt to apparently allay such concerns, Trump took to Truth Social to boast, once again, that he recently took "a cognitive test as part of my Physical Exam, and ACED it." "Whenever …

Ex White House doctor on Joe Biden's ‘bad’ health: 'This man can't do the job'
1 year ago

Ex White House doctor on Joe Biden's ‘bad’ health: 'This man can't do the job'

Hindustan Times  

Concerns regarding US president Joe Biden's health are valid, Texas Republican representative Ronny Jackson, a former White House physician, said. He's proven to us every single day that he can't do the job, but this is going to get worse,” Ronny Jackson, who served as a physician under the Bush, Obama and Trump administrations, said. The former physician has previously …

A neuroscientist explains why Joe Biden's cognitive health could hand Donald Trump the White House
1 year, 5 months ago

A neuroscientist explains why Joe Biden's cognitive health could hand Donald Trump the White House

Raw Story  

With age comes wisdom, experience, and unfortunately, cognitive decline. For example, in a recent speech, Biden made some perplexing statements that were quickly exploited by his critics and ideological enemies, such as, “We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian ocean … I could go on but I’m not; I’m going off …

President Biden has started using a CPAP machine at night to deal with sleep apnea
1 year, 5 months ago

President Biden has started using a CPAP machine at night to deal with sleep apnea

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden in recent weeks has started using a continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machine at night to help with sleep apnea, the White House said Wednesday. The president has disclosed since 2008 a history with sleep apnea, a potentially serious but common condition in which breathing can stop and start in the night. Biden used …

Joe Biden's sleep apnea: The breathing machine US president is using
1 year, 5 months ago

Joe Biden's sleep apnea: The breathing machine US president is using

Hindustan Times  

As US president Joe Biden, 80, left the White House residence with noticeable marks on his face, officials said that the marks were a result of him using a CPAP machine to treat his sleep apnea. Sleep apnea- a common sleep disorder- causes brief interruptions of breathing during sleep which can result in snoring, daytime fatigue, high blood pressure and …

Biden, 80, is now using a CPAP machine to treat sleep apnea
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden, 80, is now using a CPAP machine to treat sleep apnea

Daily Mail  

The White House said Wednesday that President Joe Biden, 80, has started using a CPAP machine to treat his sleep apnea - after he was spotted with visible indentations on his face. Indents on President Joe Biden's face when he left for Chicago Wednesday prompted the White House to tell journalists that he's started to use a CPAP machine A …

66% of voters - and 43% of Dems - believe Biden should take and release results of a cognitive test
2 years, 10 months ago

66% of voters - and 43% of Dems - believe Biden should take and release results of a cognitive test

Daily Mail  

Two-thirds of likely voters want to see Joe Biden complete the same cognitive ability test Donald Trump took when he was in office as a new poll reveals 56 percent of respondents don't think the current president is fit for office. A new poll shows that 66% of likely voters want to see President Joe Biden take a cognitive test …

Can YOU pass the cognitive test taken by former President Trump?
3 years, 5 months ago

Can YOU pass the cognitive test taken by former President Trump?

Daily Mail  

This is a copy of the sheet the examiner and patient fill out during the 10-minute test Former President Donald Trump received a perfect score on a standard cognitive assessment test, his doctor revealed in a White House briefing in January 2018. The doctor then reads five words, one per second: FACE, VELVET, CHURCH, DAISY, RED As the patient recites …

Donald Trump's health: US president says his condition is improving but 'real test' will be in the coming days
4 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump's health: US president says his condition is improving but 'real test' will be in the coming days

Firstpost  

Appearing relaxed in an open-collar blue suit and jacket, Trump acknowledged that there was uncertainty about the course of the disease, which can hit recovering patients hard with no warning Washington: US President Donald Trump posted a video Saturday from the hospital where he is battling COVID-19, saying he was improving and would be “back soon” — but acknowledging the …

Donald Trump has been taunting Joe Biden for months. It could come to a head in the first presidential debate
4 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump has been taunting Joe Biden for months. It could come to a head in the first presidential debate

ABC  

On a weekend where news-consuming Americans were thinking about the Supreme Court and tax policy, the two US presidential campaigns got into a minor exchange over another thing entirely. Mr Trump has long called Mr Biden "sleepy," but in recent months, he's gone harder, calling the former vice-president "senile" and often implying that he's facing age-related cognitive decline. Loading YouTube …

Trump Says He Will Demand Biden Take A Drug Test Ahead Of Debate
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump Says He Will Demand Biden Take A Drug Test Ahead Of Debate

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump on Sunday again baselessly suggested that his presidential opponent, Joe Biden, is doing drugs and tweeted that he “will be strongly demanding” that the former vice president take a drug test “prior to, or after” their first debate against one another on Tuesday. — Donald J. Trump September 27, 2020 Biden has dismissed Trump’s …

Donald Trump says 'sleepy Joe' Biden should get a drug test done before presidential debate
4 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump says 'sleepy Joe' Biden should get a drug test done before presidential debate

India Today  

US President Donald Trump on Sunday demanded that his Democratic rival Joe Biden take a drug test either before or after the pair's first debate on Tuesday, in a fresh salvo on Biden's mental acuity. "I will be strongly demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden prior to, or after, the Debate on Tuesday night," Trump said in a …

Biden on cognitive test: ‘Why the hell would I take a test?’
4 years, 4 months ago

Biden on cognitive test: ‘Why the hell would I take a test?’

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Joe Biden is pushing back at Republican assertions that he should take a cognitive test to disprove President Donald Trump’s claim that the Democrat isn’t fit for the Oval Office. “Well, if he can’t figure out the difference between an elephant and a lion, I don’t know what the hell he’s talking about,” Biden said, appearing to refer …

Trump insists basic cognitive test was difficult: ‘Person, woman, man, camera, TV’
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump insists basic cognitive test was difficult: ‘Person, woman, man, camera, TV’

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Speaking to Fox News medical contributor Dr Marc …

Cognitive Test. Trump. Biden. Campaign. Flashpoint.
4 years, 5 months ago

Cognitive Test. Trump. Biden. Campaign. Flashpoint.

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It doesn’t quite have the ring of “Morning in America” and “I Like Ike.” But the phrase “Person. It’s actually not that easy, but for me, it was easy.” Trump boasted that he dazzled the doctors because he has “a good memory, because I’m cognitively there” and delivered an unsubtle accusation about Biden. “Now Joe should take that …

Trump admits to Fox News that the 'memory' questions were the hardest for him in the cognitive test
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump admits to Fox News that the 'memory' questions were the hardest for him in the cognitive test

Raw Story  

In an interview with Fox News Wednesday, President Donald Trump explained that he asked for doctors to give him the cognitive test, it wasn't suggested by them. Giving it once doesn't generally give the broad spectrum of how one's cognitive function has changed over time but asking Trump to identify an elephant seems like the baseline of mental acuity. "I …

Experts say the 'cognitive test' Trump was given hardly a representation of his mental capacity
4 years, 5 months ago

Experts say the 'cognitive test' Trump was given hardly a representation of his mental capacity

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump bragged about taking a cognitive test that he said the doctors were "surprised" that he passed. The reality, however, is that the "test" was hardly a representation of what people with suspected dementia or Alzheimer's disease take. Fox News host Chris Wallace questioned Trump on the test, saying that one question even asked him to identify an …

'His dementia is obvious': Internet mocks Trump for bragging he 'aced' a cognitive test
4 years, 5 months ago

'His dementia is obvious': Internet mocks Trump for bragging he 'aced' a cognitive test

Raw Story  

Back in November President Donald Trump was rushed to Walter Reed Medical Center. Thursday night the President admitted to Fox News' Sean Hannity that "recently" at Walter Reed he had been given a "cognitive test," and, he claimed, "aced it." Rarely does anybody do what you just did.’” As many on social media noted, acing a cognitive test is not …

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