Preventive Medicine News

Zetia and proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors may reduce nonfatal myocardial infarction and stroke in adults with high or very high cardiovascular risk, according to findings published in The BMJ.

CHICAGO — In this video, Healio Primary Care Peer Perspective Board Member Alan Dow, MD, MSHA, FACP, reviews highlights from various presentations that he attended during the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

CDC officials reported a historic increase of 35% in firearm homicides in 2020. This is the highest firearm homicide rate in the United States in more than 25 years, according to a CDC Vital Signs analysis.

The HHS Office of Climate Change and Health Equity has launched Climate and Health Outlook, a new climate-related public health information series, according to a press release.

CHICAGO — In this video, Carol Ewing Garber, PhD, FAHA, FACSM, FNAK, discusses how to get patients to “move more and sit less.”

CHICAGO — Transgender and nonbinary patients continue to face substantial health disparities, many of which are due to “the awkward interface” between them and the health care system, according to Richard E. Greene, MD, MHPE, FACP.

SAN DIEGO — A higher density of primary care physicians was associated with an earlier stage of cervical cancer at diagnosis, according to findings presented at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting.

Daily supplementation with vitamin D3 and omega-3 fatty acids, in conjunction with a strength exercise program, may reduce the risk for cancer in adults aged 70 years and older, according to results of a randomized controlled trial.

CHICAGO — Now more than ever, opioid use disorder must be treated by primary care physicians, according to Ann R. Garment, MD, FACP, a clinical associate professor at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

CHICAGO — In this video, Adrienne Youdim, MD, FACP, discusses the social factors driving the rising prevalence of obesity in the United States.