Preventive Medicine News

To prevent the adverse effects of added sugars, researchers recommend reducing intake to about 6 teaspoons per day and having less than one sugar-sweetened beverage every week.

Medical organizations are sounding the alarm after a federal judge ruled that it is unconstitutional to require insurers and health plans to cover preventive services recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force at no cost.

Nutrition can be a complicated topic, as research is constantly emerging about the health effects of diets that come in and out of fashion.

Middle-aged adults with greater adherence to a healthful plant-based diet had significantly lower risks for CVD, cancer and mortality than those who had lower adherence, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

SEATTLE — People in East Africa with HIV-related Kaposi’s sarcoma often have advanced disease and a poor survival outlook — and the situation has not improved in the last 5 years, a study found.

An analysis of COVID-19 outcomes among people being treated for HIV or taking PrEP for HIV prevention found that the HIV medication tenofovir was associated with a lower rate of clinical events, suggesting a protective effect.

Screening for e-cigarette use is much lower than screening for other substances in primary care, according to the results of a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

The rate of teenagers vaccinated against HPV is improving but a significant number of parents remain hesitant about their children receiving the vaccine, a study found.

People from low socioeconomic status areas who also had low levels of physical activity had worse health outcomes than those with low levels of physical activity from more affluent areas, according to researchers.

An FDA advisory committee recommend the approval of two respiratory syncytial virus vaccines for older people, who are among the most susceptible to severe disease, hospitalization and death from the infection.