Preventive Medicine News

Adults with a history of abuse contacted their general practitioner 1.5 times more often than those without a history of abuse, according to a small Dutch study published in the European Journal of General Practice.

Adults with a lower socioeconomic status were more likely to use obesogenic medications, even after adjusting for comorbidity and medication burden, according to findings published in The Lancet Regional Health Americas.

Incidence of suicide was higher among physicians than in the general population and affected female physicians significantly more than male, according to a study published in Psychiatry Research.

Adults who previously used psilocybin, a psychedelic substance, were 30% less likely to have opioid use disorder, according to findings published in Scientific Reports.

Behavioral health visits conducted over the phone or video greatly increased among safety net clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings from a RAND Health report.

Representation of individuals underrepresented in academic medicine is further away from reflecting the U.S. population today than it was in 2000, according to findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

A nurse-led multidisciplinary initiative targeted at providers and medical staff doubled the number of patients who scheduled a follow-up routine visit for HIV preexposure prophylaxis, or PrEP.

Accessible health care grows more necessary by the day in Ukraine as war continues to ravage the country, impacting the most vulnerable and crippling existing health infrastructure.

Thousands of cardiovascular professionals recently attended the American College of Cardiology meeting, virtually or in Washington D.C., to debate and discuss their latest research.

Although smoking cessation is known to benefit patients with cancer, obstacles exist at the patient, clinician and institutional levels, according to a poster presentation at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.