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As the Biden’s mental acuity is under investigation, the former president’s private doctor, Kevin O’Coner, the DO made an appearance this week in front of the House Oversite Committee in Washington, DC.
O’Coner sat on Wednesday to interview a closed door with the committee staff and the chairman of the panel, James Comer, R-K. – But O’Coner called for a fifth amendment for all questions, save for his name, as Fox News Digital had earlier told.
In view of this, many people are wondering: What is the difference between a doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO) and doctor of medicine (MD)?
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Dr. Mark Sigal, Senior Medical Analyst of Fox News, confirmed that both DOs and an MD have the same abilities, even when it comes to mental fall or diagnosis and screening and screening for prostate cancer.
“He is one and he is a family businessman,” said Seagal. “With that training, they should know how to screen for prostate cancer.”
The House Oversite Committee shown here with Biden, as part of the Biden’s mental decline investigation this week, along with former President Joe White House doctor Kevin O’Coner, DO, Biden, a doctor at the White House of Biden. (Manual Bals Senetta/AP)
Training as a DO “should not be taken away from medical training or medical education”, Sagal said, who is an internist – it only adds osteopathic methods such as manipulating treatment.
“I am trained to be able to exclude cognitive decline,” Sagal said. “I am not an expert in that, but I can definitely screen for him. And so a family businessman who went to Osteopathic School.”
He said, “He is a man who should say, ‘Hey, [Biden’s] There was some cognitive decline. I find a neurologist here. ,
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As a physician at the White House, O’Coner was responsible for addressing the President’s medical needs.
But according to the Cleveland Clinic, the dos focuses more on the “mind, body, soul connection”.
MDS and DOS have equal school education, do the same thing, can do medicines and practice anywhere in the country. Nevertheless, DOS approaches the drug more overall, according to the same source.
DOS and MDS receive the same type of training and the same can administer modern medical remedies. But dos can contact the drug more overall. (Istock)
The Cleveland Clinic defined osteopathic drug as a whole as a whole patients and improved welfare through education and prevention.
The dos also receive additional training in osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM), which is a hand method for treating and diagnosis of patients.
This alternative training and approach does not define a doctor’s practice, as the DOS Cleveland uses “all types of modern medical remedies” according to Cleveland Clinic-while MDS can also provide preventive care.
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The DO training was first developed in 1892 by the physician Andrew Taylor Sill, MD, who changed his philosophy after the Civil War, the same source noted.
He believed that traditional medicine to treat spinal meningitis, which killed three of his children, was ineffective – and developed the concept of osteopathic drug.
Cleveland Clinic notes stated, “Osteopathic manipulating drug, or osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) includes your muscles, bones and joints manipulating (touching or moving),” Cleveland Clinic Note. (Istock)
According to the Cleveland Clinic, in the US, till 2023, there were 154 allopathic medical schools – using drugs, surgery and other interventions to treat diseases – and 38 othiopathic medicine schools.
A 2024 report by the American Osteopathic Association found that 57% of dos exercises practice family medical, internal medicine and pediatrics – compared to 28% MD.
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According to this report, the number of DOS in the US has been increasing in the last decade.
About 70% of doses in active practice are under 45 years of age – and 45% are women.
Many US Presidents have been in care of osteopathic physicians in recent years.
The O’Coner was appointed by Biden in 2021, playing as a White House doctor until March 2025.
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Dr. Sean Barbabella, Do, stepped into the role of the same month. He is a decorated naval doctor who served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Before becoming a physician for President Donald Trump, Barbabella ran the Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point in Havelock, North Carolina, according to several sources.
Dr. Sean Conle, DO served as a physician for Trump during his first term from 2018 to 2021.
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Members of the House GOP, including Ronnie Jackson, R-Texas, a former White House doctors, have continued to investigate the allegations that were covered by the former Biden top White House colleagues covered signs of their mental and physical decline while in the office, and whether any working action was carried out through autopan without full knowledge of the President.
Biden colleagues are pushing back on those claims.
Elizabeth Elkind of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.
