Preventive Medicine News

The popular trend of Dry January is coming to a close for the year, but it helped spark interest in the benefits of abstaining from alcohol, even for just a month.

Reported cases of gonorrhea in the United States declined for the first time in at least a decade in 2022 while cases of chlamydia remained stagnant and syphilis continued its years-long surge, data released by the CDC on Tuesday showed.

Many health care workers, including primary care providers, may have lingering questions surrounding the new respiratory syncytial virus vaccines for older adults.

Chronic stress can be detrimental to health, but primary care providers can help patients manage its causes and effects, according to experts.

Wastewater surveillance can detect a single mpox case in large samples representing thousands to millions of people, and its effectiveness increases as the number of cases grows, according to a study.

Primary care physicians often recommend patients exercise, but because convincing them to get active can be easier said than done, it is often a good idea to start with short daily walks, according to experts.

Hope is what pulled me in to family medicine.

Asking about sleep habits during routine visits can help primary care physicians address cognitive decline among aging patients, according to experts.

I entered family medicine because I wanted to treat people rather than organ systems or diseases. I did not want to be defined by the procedures that I did but by the impact that I had on peoples’ lives.

New guidance was published in 2023 for STD prevention, diabetic foot infections, infective endocarditis and more.