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Wall Street Journal
7 days ago
- Health
- Wall Street Journal
About That ‘Panel' of M.D.s
As Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel notes in his May 27 letter, the nation deserves to have the president monitored by more than one doctor. He suggests a panel of three independent physicians, whose ethical duty would be to the American public, each chosen by one of three large and prominent medical associations: the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Count me as skeptical. Why should we expect a group of physicians to be objective and nonpolitical in such a politically charged time? Does anyone think such a panel—largely made up of physicians chosen by liberal medical associations—would give a clean bill of health to Donald Trump? Recall that each of those groups is vested in the dogma of DEI, the opposite of disinterested nonpartisan inquiry. They put identity politics above excellence.
Wall Street Journal
25-05-2025
- Health
- Wall Street Journal
Biden's Prostate Cancer and the Tyranny of the Experts
Joe Biden's stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis raises many questions, not least why a U.S. president with access to the best healthcare in the world didn't have routine blood screenings that could have caught the disease before it turned deadly. One possible culprit is an excessive deference to so-called experts, many of whom believe older people shouldn't be screened for cancer because they are likely to die in short order anyway. This is the view of liberals like Ezekiel Emanuel, an Obama and Biden adviser, who want to put government in control of all Americans' healthcare.
Wall Street Journal
20-05-2025
- Health
- Wall Street Journal
Biden's Prostate Cancer Transparency
President Biden's announcement Sunday that he has stage 4 prostate cancer, which has spread to his bones, is a sad moment for the country, and we wish him and his family the best for treatment and prognosis. But Mr. Biden owes the public more information, given that he left office only 120 days ago, after telling voters he was fit to stay through 2029 and age 86. The statement from Mr. Biden's office said he was diagnosed Friday after being seen 'for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms.' When did his symptoms start? A spokesman told the press Tuesday that Mr. Biden's last known PSA blood test, which screens for prostate specific antigen, was in 2014. Why? Could another test have caught the cancer earlier? One prominent oncologist, Obama Administration veteran Ezekiel Emanuel, offered an unsettling medical assessment on MSNBC. 'He's had this for many years, maybe even a decade, growing there and spreading,' Dr. Emanuel said. 'It's a little surprising. I looked back at the records, and there's no evidence that when he got his health status, and the medical records were released, that he had a prostate specific antigen.' That blood test isn't perfect, and other doctors quoted in the press say they've had patients develop aggressive cancers like Mr. Biden's, despite clean PSA tests. Mr. Biden was 78 when he was sworn in as President. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force currently recommends against PSA screening of patients 70 and older, saying that the potential harms outweigh the benefits for a population that already has a heightened risk of mortality from all causes.
Fox News
19-05-2025
- Health
- Fox News
Former Biden medical advisor says he 'probably' had cancer at beginning of presidency
Former Biden COVID advisor and Obamacare architect Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel said Monday that former President Joe Biden likely had cancer since the beginning of his presidency, if not before. Biden's office confirmed in a statement on Sunday that he had been diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that "was characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone." Based on the advanced state of the cancer, Emanuel, an oncologist, told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Biden would most likely have had the cancer for "more than several years." Host Joe Scarborough stopped him to clarify, "So this is not speculation. If you have prostate cancer that has spread to the bone, then most certainly you are saying he had it when he was president of the United States." "Oh, yeah. He did not develop it in the last 100-200 days," Emanuel said. "He had it while he was president. He probably had it at the start of his presidency in 2021. I don't think there's any disagreement about that." Scarborough pointed out how some men over the age of 70 choose not to get a prostate exam but added "most men aren't president of the United States." Emanuel said that it's often a discussion between patients and doctors but agreed it's concerning when it involves a sitting president. "President Obama had this test. President Bush had this test. It is a little surprising that the doctor didn't take it. And if he took it and didn't report it, and it was elevated, that is another case of doctors not being straightforward with us - we've had several of them with President Trump, especially around his COVID diagnosis - and if that is true, that would be very troubling," Emanuel said. He added that it was possible for a test to miss this stage of cancer but called it "unlikely." "Either they didn't test for it, or they test for it [and] they didn't report it. And we didn't get the information as a public," Emanuel said. Fox News Digital reached out to Biden's office for comment.
New York Post
19-05-2025
- Health
- New York Post
Doctor who worked with Biden shocked over cancer diagnosis — and claims former prez may have had disease for ‘a decade'
A leading oncologist who worked for former President Biden has joined those expressing shock that his prostate cancer was not detected earlier — suggesting the oldest-ever president may even have had it for 'a decade.' Dr Ezekiel Emanuel, a former member of Biden's transition team who helped craft the Obama-era Affordable Care Act, stunned MSNBC's left-leaning 'Morning Joe' with his stunning analysis. 'He's had this for many years, maybe even a decade, growing there and spreading,' Emanuel told the Biden-supporting hosts Advertisement Morning Joe hosts were left stunned as Dr Ezekiel Emanuel suggested Joe Biden's advanced prostate cancer should have been caught earlier. MSNBC 'It's a little surprising. I looked back at the records and there's no evidence that when he got his health status and the medical records were released that he had a prostate-specific antigen.' Emanue insisted the 82-year-old would have definitely had the disease even before he was elected to the White House — leading the MSNBC hosts visibly stunned. Advertisement 'He did not develop it in the last 100 to 200 days,' Emanuel said. Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. AFP via Getty Images 'He had it while he was president. He probably had it at the start of his presidency in 2021. Yes, I don't think there's any disagreement about that.'
