Joe Biden’s doctor says president doesn’t have Parkinson’s and only has annual check-ups with neurologist | US News

Joe Biden has shown no symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, his doctor explained in a letter released after reports claimed that a specialist had visited the president several times over the past year.

Concerns about the president’s health have increased since Biden’s arrival. poor performance in his debate with Donald Trump.

Democrats described his performance as an “absolute disaster,” “a meltdown” and “a slow-motion car crash.”

According to The New York Times, White House visitor records show that Dr. Kevin Cannard, a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders and recently published a paper on Parkinson’s, has visited the White House eight times since last summer. until spring of this year.

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However, mr bidenKevin O’Connor’s personal doctor released a letter insisting that “President Biden has not seen a neurologist outside of his annual physical.”

“The results of this year’s examination were detailed in my letter of February 28: ‘An extremely detailed neurological examination was again reassuring because there were no findings that would be consistent with any cerebellar or other central neurological disorder, such as stroke , multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s…'”

The letter adds that Dr. Cannard, in his role as White House neurology consultant, will have treated several different people in the famous building.

“He has conducted regular neurology clinics at the White House Medical Clinic in support of thousands of active duty members assigned to support White House operations,” Dr. O’Connor wrote.

Previously, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted that the president had visited a neurologist three times during his annual physical exams.

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Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, used an interview with CNN on Monday to call on Biden to drop out of the presidential race.

It comes after even some of Biden’s closest political allies, including former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have raised questions about his health.

And in a letter to Democrats in Congress on Monday, the US president said he was “firmly committed” to his re-election campaign and vowed to stay in the race against Trump.

Also on Monday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he hoped President Biden would remain in the race for the White House.

He told Sean Hannity in a phone call aired on Fox News: “He has an ego and he doesn’t want to quit. He doesn’t want to do that. It just seems to me that’s what he wants.”