Preventive Medicine News

For the best care, oral health should be integrated into primary care practices, but the United States is still a long way from that, according to experts.

Researchers found that implementing generic PrEP programs for young men who have sex with men at risk for HIV — a group known to have adherence and engagement issues — would reduce new infections and be cost-effective.

Doxycycline reduced the risk for Clostridioides difficile infection by almost half compared with azithromycin among patients hospitalized with community-acquire pneumonia who had a C. difficile infection in the past year, a study found.

The FDA is set to review what could be the country’s first self-administered influenza vaccine.

Data show CMS’ Million Hearts CVD Risk Reduction Model, which provided payments for CVD risk assessment and reduction, reduced incidence of first-time MIs and strokes over 5 years without significant changes in Medicare spending.

At the upcoming American College of Lifestyle Medicine conference, providers will explore the benefits of exercise, a healthy diet and good sleep — and how “prescribing” these lifestyle behavior interventions could revolutionize clinical practice.

Enhanced infection prevention and control efforts during COVID-19 reduced the rates of some hospital infections at a comprehensive cancer center, including Clostridioides difficile and multidrug-resistant infections, according to a study.

The CDC has awarded $262.5 million in funding to develop and implement new tools to detect, respond to and mitigate future public health emergencies such as outbreaks and pandemics.

Using wet wipes to clean bedridden patients with catheters resulted in fewer catheter-associated UTIs, researchers in Spain reported.

When all eligible patients were automatically referred for breast cancer screening, mammography completion did not improve, but staff burden worsened, according to the results of research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.