{"id":14775,"date":"2023-06-30T02:59:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T07:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=14775"},"modified":"2023-06-30T03:00:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T08:00:13","slug":"oldest-president-in-american-history-placed-on-respiratory-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=14775","title":{"rendered":"Oldest President in American History Placed on Respiratory Device"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Joe Biden has begun using a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine at night to treat his sleep apnea, the White House announced on Wednesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince 2008, the president has disclosed his history with sleep apnea in thorough medical reports,\u201d White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-used-cpap-machine-sleep-apnea-explaining-face-marks\">said<\/a>. \u201cHe used a CPAP machine last night, which is common for people with that history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden, the nation\u2019s oldest president at 80, first disclosed his recurring issue with sleep apnea in his 2008 medical records. Biden\u2019s 2019 medical records revealed he had multiple surgeries on his sinus and nasal passages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As CNN&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/06\/28\/politics\/biden-cpap-sleep-apnea\/index.html\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Biden\u2019s 2021 physical, the White House physician Dr. Kevin O\u2019Connor singled out two areas of \u201cobservation\u201d: an \u201cincreasing frequency and severity of \u2018throat clearing\u2019 and coughing during speaking engagements\u201d and the president\u2019s stiffer gait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bates\u2019 confirmation of Biden\u2019s use of the CPAP machine came after Biden was seen with marks on the side of his face during events this week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CPAC machine \u201cuses mild air pressure to keep breathing airways open while you sleep,\u201d according to the National Institutes of Health.&nbsp;A White House official said Biden began using the CPAP machine in recent weeks to improve his sleep quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/06\/28\/oldest-president-in-american-history-placed-on-respiratory-device\/\">Breitbart<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden has begun using a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine at night to treat his sleep apnea, the White House announced on Wednesday.&nbsp; \u201cSince 2008, the president has disclosed his history with sleep apnea in thorough medical reports,\u201d White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates&nbsp;said. \u201cHe used a CPAP machine last night, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5784],"tags":[9307,1169,9306,1205,1198],"class_list":["post-14775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-apnea","tag-biden","tag-breathing-apparatus","tag-president","tag-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14777,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14775\/revisions\/14777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}