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The Independent
3 hours ago
- The Independent
Obama's doctor says Biden's physician should have given him cognitive tests
Former President Joe Biden 's doctor should have given him more cognitive tests, according to the doctor of former President Barack Obama. Jeffrey Kuhlman, who served as Obama's doctor between 2009 and 2013, told the New York Post on Saturday that Biden and any politician over the age of 70 should be given "a few hours" of annual mental exams that should be accessible to the public. 'My position is that a 78-year-old candidate, Trump at the time, an 82-year-old president [Biden] would both benefit from neurocognitive testing,' Kuhlman said. He went on to say that "any politician over the age of 70 has normal age-related cognitive decline," and pointed out that he's been recommending annual mental exams for more than a year. Biden's doctor, Kevin O'Connor, oversaw three physicals for the president during his time in office, but Kuhlman says the physical reports did not include notes from a neurocognitive specialist. He also pointed out that Biden did not take the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, which Donald Trump agreed to take during his first term. That test is a two-minute screening test of about 30 questions that probes for signs of dementia, according to Kuhlman. Obama's doctor said that he had "no doubts" that Trump "aced" the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, but said he believes that the White House should also release the CT scans taken after Trump's attempted assassination last year. While the Montreal test is able to detect some basic signs of dementia, the doctor noted that it wasn't adequate for determining more serious cognitive issues. According to Kuhlman, mental processing speed and spacial visualization all begin to decline around the age of 60. Kuhlman said he respected O'Connor's medical judgement, but added that "sometimes those closest to the trees miss the forest." O'Connor told the New York Post in July 2024 — just days after the then-president announced he would not run for re-election — that Biden's cognitive health was "excellent." Then-White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted to the public that Biden didn't "need a cognitive test" because he "passes a cognitive test every day." She has since decided to leave the Democratic Party and write a tell-all book about her time in the White House, earning her a savaging by some Democrats. Visitor logs to the White House show that Biden did submit an evaluation form to an expert in Parkinson's Disease, but O'Connor said that the meeting was part of Biden's annual physical. Kuhlman says that the doctor who evaluated Biden in that visit, Kevin Cannard, had been evaluating Biden for 14 years, and that he trusts the doctor's evaluation. O'Connor was subpoenaed by the Republican-led House Oversight Committee on Thursday to stand for questioning about Biden's mental abilities during a hearing on June 27. Shortly after the House investigation was launched, the Trump administration issued a memo stating that it was issuing its own investigation into whether or not people other than Biden used an autopen signature device to sign off on executive actions during the late period of Biden's presidential term. Both investigations follow the release of a book by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, titled Original Sin, that alleges a mass coverup of Biden's cognitive impairment by those closest to him.
Daily Mail
3 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Eating at least five grams of butter a day can reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes and heart disease
Spread the news – butter might actually reduce your risk of heart disease, according to scientists. They found tucking into at least five grams a day – or roughly a teaspoonful – reduced the risk of Type 2 diabetes, a major cause of heart disease, by almost a third. Butter also increased levels of so-called 'good' cholesterol in the blood and lowered those of harmful fats known to clog up arteries and lead to heart attacks and strokes. The findings, by researchers from Boston University in the US, fly in the face of decades of research showing saturated fats such as butter contribute to potentially fatal cardiac disease. At the same time, popular margarines introduced as a 'healthy' replacement for butter had the opposite effect – raising the risk of diabetes by more than 40 per cent and heart problems by 30 per cent. Studies linking diets rich in dairy fats with cardiovascular problems first emerged in the 1960s, when scientists investigated the link between Western eating habits and soaring rates of heart disease. As a result, medical advice has stressed the need to reduce the consumption of animal fats to protect the heart against damage. But more recent studies have questioned butter's connection with blocked arteries and found it contains ingredients which may actually be good for the heart. The Boston University team tracked almost 2,500 men and women over the age of 30 for several decades, recording what they ate and how many went on to develop diabetes or heart disease. The results, published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, showed those who ate 5g or more a day were 31 per cent less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes – which is usually caused by poor diet and a poor lifestyle – than those eating little or no butter. Meanwhile, those eating margarines faced a bigger risk of heart problems. Researchers stressed this was probably due to unhealthy trans fats being used from the 1970s onwards in margarines, but which have now largely been phased out of most spreads. WHAT SHOULD A BALANCED DIET LOOK LIKE? • Eat at least 5 portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day. All fresh, frozen, dried and canned fruit and vegetables count • Base meals on potatoes, bread, rice, pasta or other starchy carbohydrates, ideally wholegrain • 30 grams of fibre a day: This is the same as eating all of the following: 5 portions of fruit and vegetables, 2 whole-wheat cereal biscuits, 2 thick slices of wholemeal bread and large baked potato with the skin on • Have some dairy or dairy alternatives (such as soya drinks) choosing lower fat and lower sugar options • Eat some beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat and other proteins (including 2 portions of fish every week, one of which should be oily) • Choose unsaturated oils and spreads and consuming in small amounts • Drink 6-8 cups/glasses of water a day • Adults should have less than 6g of salt and 20g of saturated fat for women or 30g for men a day
Daily Mail
5 hours ago
- Daily Mail
A touch of glass! Glam greenhouses create frenzy in US
In the gardens of wealthy Americans, there is a new status symbol. It is a $115,000 (£85,000) Victorian-style greenhouse, designed and made by Alitex, a family business based in Petersfield, Hampshire, run and owned by Tom and Hilly Hall. Such is the popularity of its bespoke glasshouses that Alitex is considering setting up a base in the US to expand sales despite uncertainty over tariffs. Its greenhouses are made of powder-coated aluminium with a painted wood effect. The UK-US trade deal reduced the aluminium tariff from 25 per cent to zero. British fans include garden guru Alan Titchmarsh who told celebrity chef Mary Berry: 'Mary, if you're going to buy a greenhouse it has to be an Alitex.' David Beckham has installed an Allitex greenhouse in the grounds of his family's Cotswold mansion and shows off his horticultural successes on Instagram. Now there is a growing US clientele, drawn by Alitex's elegant 19th-Century aesthetic. Tom Hall says hotspots are Connecticut and New Hampshire, where the Wall Street wealthy reside or have second homes, along with oil-rich Texas. Bespoke greenhouses in the UK are individually priced but the firm has come up with eight freestanding designs with the National Trust starting at £18,750. There is no greenhouse tradition in the US, Hall explains, adding: 'Here,if people don't have one themselves their parents or their grandparents did. But that's not the case in America, where they are seen as something novel.'
