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Biden, 77, is healthy and fit to serve as president, his doctor says
Reuters ^ | December 17, 2019 | by Sharon Bernstein

Posted on 12/17/2019 1:20:21 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Former Vice President Joe Biden is healthy enough to undertake the duties of the U.S. presidency, his doctor said on Tuesday in a health report released by the Democrat’s campaign.

Biden, 77, is one of 15 Democrats seeking their party’s nomination to run against Republican U.S. President Donald Trump next year in a battle in which the incumbent and the top three of his would-be opponents are all septuagenarians.

Biden, who suffered a brain aneurysm in 1988, has no symptoms of similar problems, and while his heart beats irregularly, he is “completely asymptomatic,” said Dr. Kevin O’Connor, who teaches medicine and directs the Executive Medicine program for George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates.

The former vice president is taking anticoagulant medication for his heart and Crestor for high cholesterol, O’Connor said. He has had no cancer other than “localized, non-melanoma skin cancers,” due to extended exposure to the sun as a younger man, nor any history of diabetes, thyroid disease, hypertension, angina or any neurologic disorder, the doctor’s report said.

“Vice President Biden is a healthy, vigorous, 77-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency, to include those as Chief Executive, Head of State and Commander in Chief,” O’Connor wrote.

O’Connor has been Biden’s physician since 2009, when he was assigned as physician to the vice president, the report said.

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To: gov_bean_ counter

Or get felt up...


81 posted on 12/17/2019 4:36:44 PM PST by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

82 posted on 12/17/2019 4:40:34 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: Osage Orange

Well, there is that too...


83 posted on 12/17/2019 4:55:10 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Trump didnÂ’t want an AG, he wanted a consigliere.)
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To: MomwithHope

Pretty sure he is missing a couple of cogs...


84 posted on 12/17/2019 4:59:07 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Trump didnÂ’t want an AG, he wanted a consigliere.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

The fact that this comes out now, tells you a lot. The health issues are causing real issues for the campaign.


85 posted on 12/17/2019 5:04:48 PM PST by gswilder
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To: gswilder

Absolutely, it does tell you a lot.


86 posted on 12/17/2019 5:14:54 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Trump didnÂ’t want an AG, he wanted a consigliere.)
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To: Jan_Sobieski
It all started when JFK didn't wear a hat for the his Inauguration Day ceremonies.

Then the damned Hippies came in and convinced the kids to wear garbage and look like filthy homeless people ( which quite a few of them were ) and that was it.

And since then, fewer and fewer people of any age, dress properly; for anything. :-(

87 posted on 12/17/2019 5:15:08 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Except for that little half of his brain that’s dead as a door nail.


88 posted on 12/17/2019 5:44:18 PM PST by Boomer ('Democrat' is now synonymous with 'corrupt')
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Clearly, the doctor did not examine his occasionally functional brain.

Also, are his hands large enough too be president?

89 posted on 12/17/2019 8:35:37 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
His doctor received 2.4 million, a Ferrari and an oceanfront mansion to say it...Joe told him if he didn't say it, he would get a visit from Killery...😋
90 posted on 12/18/2019 9:29:00 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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I’m sure that FDR had some similar doctor to make a similar statement for his 4th Term


91 posted on 12/18/2019 2:22:06 PM PST by elbook
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

total bullshit to claim biden is fit as a fiddle ... atrial fibrillation is a BIG deal ... basically, the two upper chambers of Biden’s heart don’t even beat, instead they quiver, and because the ventricles (which are paced by the atria) can not match the 300 quivers per second of the atria, the ventricles are forced to randomly beat from the high frequency pacing signals from the quivering atria.

And worse, his doctors are leaving him in permanent atrial fibrillation instead of trying to fix the problem with either ablation procedures or antiarrhythmic medications ...

and all of that is really bad for three reasons:

1. Because the atria don’t beat, but quiver instead, Biden loses 20% of his heart pumping capacity right off the top.

2. Without constant anticoagulant medication for the rest of his life, clots are highly likely to form in the left atrial appendage as a consequence of the failure of the atria to beat, and these clots can break off and travel to the brain causing a stroke. In fact, blood clots as a result of untreated atrial fibrillation are the leading cause of strokes.

3. Constant anticoagulation can cause deadly bleeding disorders, as well as severe bleeding from even the smallest wounds.

4. Living with constant atrial fibrillation makes many people feel very unwell, less energetic, and in particular, less mentally fit. (I personally suffered from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation for over ten years before i finally underwent curative cryoablation, and every time i went into atrial fibrillation i felt severely unwell.)

It really is stunning to me to make the claim that biden has a “clean bill of health”, because being in permanent atrial fibrillation is NOT a healthy condition! It’s basically an old person’s disease and represents a significant degradation of ones physical and mental capabilities. It’s my opinion that being left in permanent atrial fibrillation instead of attempting cure is essentially an end-of-life strategy.


92 posted on 12/18/2019 7:57:50 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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