Brianna Abbott

Boston

Health Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

health reporter at @WSJ covering the treatment and prevention of disease, with a focus on cancer #SHERP36 PC’17

Articles

When Patients Face a Cancer Diagnosis, Doctors Say Exercise and Diet Can Make a Difference

5 days ago | wsj.com | Brianna Abbott

When facing down a cancer diagnosis, patients often ask: What can I do to help my own odds? The answer, data increasingly shows, is to go back to the basics: exercise and a good diet. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
When Should Men Get Tested for Prostate Cancer? Biden’s Diagnosis Reignites Debate

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Brianna Abbott

Guidelines have gone back and forth over the years on whether men should be screened at allFormer President Joe Biden’s diagnosis of an aggressive, stage-4 prostate cancer has reignited a long-simmering medical debate: When should men get screened for prostate cancer? For decades, doctors have wrestled with how often to screen men for the disease and when to start and stop.
Les maladies chroniques sont devenues le premier fléau de la santé publique américaine

2 weeks ago | lopinion.fr | Brianna Abbott |Josh Ulick

Le secrétaire à la Santé et aux Services sociaux, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a placé la lutte contre les maladies chroniques au cœur de son programme, alors qu’il s’apprête à réformer le département de la santé et à « redonner la santé à l’Amérique ».
Biden Last Screened for Prostate Cancer in 2014, Spokesperson Says

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Annie Linskey |Brianna Abbott

The former president underwent screening for prostate-specific antigen when he served as vice presidentWASHINGTON—Former President Joe Biden’s last known prostate-cancer blood screening test was performed in 2014, according to his spokesman, indicating that he wasn’t screened for the cancer during his four years as president. On Sunday, Biden’s office said that he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to the bone.
Covid Rates Are Low Right Now, but Doctors Are Vigilant for a Summer Rise

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Brianna Abbott

Data shows more than 300 deaths a week in mid-April as FDA rolls out more-stringent vaccine approval rulesThe Covid-19 virus in the U.S. has largely faded from view. But it hasn’t faded away. National wastewater data shows low Covid-19 activity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The weekly reported Covid-19 deaths in April were slightly down compared with the same time a year earlier, federal data shows.
Joe Biden Had Unrivaled Medical Care. How Did His Cancer Go Undetected?

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Brianna Abbott |Annie Linskey

Other presidents, including Donald Trump, have undergone and released their prostate screening resultsThe news that the former president is battling an aggressive, stage-4 prostate cancer that has spread to the bone ignited a public debate about why a person with peerless access to medical care was diagnosed at such an advanced stage with a disease that is quite common in men his age. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
米女性の飲酒量増える医師が懸念

2 weeks ago | jp.wsj.com | Brianna Abbott

米国各地のバーやレストランで女性の飲酒量が増えており、それが健康に及ぼす影響への懸念が高まっている。　この数十年はライフスタイルの変化に伴って30代や40代の女性の飲酒量が増加傾向にある。2023年に学術誌アディクションに掲載された論文によると、2018～19年に35歳になった女性は、1993～97年に35歳になった女性と比べて、最近過度な飲酒をした、あるいはアルコール使用障害（AUD）の症状が出たと報告する確率が約60％高かった。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
The Outlook for Advanced Disease

2 weeks ago | fnlondon.com | Brianna Abbott |Liz Essley Whyte

Joe Biden’s Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: The Outlook for Advanced DiseaseAround 37% of patients diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer are alive after five years, according to the American Cancer Society Updated May 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM ET Former President Joe Biden’s prostate-cancer diagnosis is one of the most aggressive forms of the disease and usually isn’t curable. He could still live for years, according to cancer doctors.
Joe Biden’s Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: The Outlook for Advanced Disease

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Brianna Abbott |Liz Essley Whyte

But men in advanced stages can live years or a decade longer, prostate-cancer specialists said. The overall chance that a person diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer is alive after five years is around 37%, based on data from patients diagnosed between 2014 and 2020, according to the American Cancer Society. Biden’s physicians didn’t publicly address his diagnosis.
Joe Biden’s Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: The Outlook for Advanced Disease

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Brianna Abbott |Liz Whyte

Around 37% of patients diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer are alive after five years, according to the American Cancer SocietyFormer President Joe Biden’s prostate-cancer diagnosis is one of the most aggressive forms of the disease and usually isn’t curable. He could still live for years, according to cancer doctors. Biden, age 82, was diagnosed Friday with an aggressive, late-stage prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his representatives said Sunday.