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Screening tools. and short of having any type of issue with a cognitive screening tool. i wouldn't recommend doing anything beyond that. >> are you saying, this is my ignorance. are we saying because of reagan, we had issues with reagan. and the issues about this president. cognitive testing, mental acute testing is not commonly part of an annual physical? >> i'm unaware of this ever being done before. as far as i know, no president has ever had a cognitive assessment as president of the united states. this is the very first time it has ever happened. if anyone is aware of it happening before,...

Of congress. i think i'm like any other member of the administration who sees him and talks to him on a regular basis. if i saw something that was very concerning and i had concerns about his cognitive ability, something to that extent that i would bring that up to the proper people in the chain of command, maybe starting with the chief of staff or something. i think that's what every one else in the administration would do. so i don't think my role as a physician would be much different than any other member of the president's administration if they thought something like that were going on. ...

Any other cognitive testing. it's a screening tool. if you do well on it. anything above 26 is normal. if you do -- certainly if you get a 30 out of 30, you can confidently assume that you're done on the cognitive workup for now. >> do you have any concerns that the president is on twitter? >> i don't have any concern on that. >> thank you drshgs jackson. >> the president is the first nonsmoker to sit in the oval office since jimmy carter. can you say that that has extended his life in any way? makes him unusually healthy for his age? >> in my opinion, it's had a big impact, especially the smo...

Tool, i wouldn't recommend doing anything beyond that. >> are you saying this is -- this is my ignorance. are we saying that -- we had issues about this president's cognitive testing and mental acuity was not part of the exam? >> as far as i know, no president has had a cognitive assessment as president of the united states. this is the very first time it's ever happened. if anybody is aware of it happening before, they have information i don't have. because i looked extensively. not to mention i know most of the physicians that are alive that have taken care of the last maybe five presidents ...

Member of the administration who sees him and talks to him regularly. if i saw something concerning and i had concerns about his cognitive ability or something to that extent, that i would bring that up to the proper people in the chain of command, maybe starting off with the chief of staff or something. that's what everyone else in the administration would do. so i don't think my role as a physician would be much different than any other member of the president's administration if they thought something like that were going on. i just think that once that happened, if it were someone else in ...