Biden ‘fit for duty’ after physical, doctor says as 80-year-old eyes re-election – National | 24CA News

Doctors declared U.S. President Joe Biden, 80, wholesome and “fit for duty” on Thursday after a bodily examination that included eradicating a lesion from his chest and declaring him freed from signs of lengthy COVID after his bout final 12 months with the virus.

“The president remains fit for duty, and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations,” White House doctor Kevin O’Connor stated in a abstract of the well being examination.

The examination was carefully watched as Biden prepares for his anticipated run for a second time period in 2024. The abstract stated Biden didn’t have any “long COVID” signs and that his stiff gait has not worsened since his final examination in November 2021.

Biden stated his bodily went nicely. “Everything really went well… Thank God for small favors,” he advised NBC News.

Biden’s three-hour session with docs at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center within the Washington suburb of Bethesda, Maryland, was his second in depth examination since taking workplace in January 2021.

Biden takes the statin Crestor to maintain his levels of cholesterol low, an anti-coagulant in response to atrial fibrillation that continues to be asymptomatic and drugs to deal with seasonal allergic reactions and acid reflux disease, the abstract stated.

Several small pores and skin growths had been moved from his face and head utilizing liquid nitrogen and “one small lesion on the president’s chest was excised today and sent for traditional biopsy,” O’Connor stated. Results are pending.

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The abstract discovered that Biden’s weight had dropped six kilos, from 184 kilos in 2021 to 178. His physique mass index was at 24.1 in comparison with 25.0 in 2021, and his blood stress was at 126/78 in comparison with 120/70 in 2021.

The abstract made no point out of whether or not Biden underwent any cognitive assessments typically given to folks of his age.

O’Connor stated Biden’s again stiffness is a results of important spinal arthritis.

“The president’s gait remains stiff, but has not worsened since last year,” he stated.

Biden, the oldest particular person ever to function U.S. president, has waved off questions on his age, however polls point out voters have considerations about his means to serve 4 extra years if he wins in 2024.

Asked concerning the considerations over Biden’s age, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre advised reporters: “This is a president that works day in and day out, you know, in a grueling fashion with a grueling schedule, and delivers.”

About three-quarters of Americans – together with greater than half of Democrats and the overwhelming majority of Republicans – say Biden is just too previous to work in authorities, in accordance with a Reuters/Ipsos ballot performed Feb. 6 to 13. Most Democratic respondents stated the president stays mentally sharp however about half of them stated he can’t deal with the bodily toll of the presidency.

Biden doesn’t drink alcohol or smoke tobacco and works out 5 instances every week, the bodily famous.

Biden could be 86 by the tip of a potential second time period, making him 13 years older than the common life expectancy of an American male, in accordance with 2020 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) information.

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Biden stated throughout a PBS interview final week that any Americans involved about his age ought to “watch me” carry out the duties of the presidency.

First woman Jill Biden, 71, final month had cancerous pores and skin lesions eliminated.

(Additional reporting by Doina Chiacu and Jason Lange; Editing by Heather Timmons, Leslie Adler and Josie Kao)