Preventive Medicine News

A team of researchers assembled the first complete sequence of a human genome, 2 decades after the Human Genome Project formed the first incomplete draft sequence, according to the NIH.

Almost 70% of patients with overweight or obesity report feeling stigmatized by physicians, which could cause them to delay seeking health care, according to a paper published in Family Practice Management.

CVD has been the leading cause of death among Americans for the past decade, CDC data indicate, and this trend will likely continue amid the COVID-19 pandemic, experts said.

In this video, Andrew Pinto, MD, CCFP, FRCPC, MSc, discusses best practices for planning and implementing successful COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Canada and the United States.

A survey conducted over the phone performed well as a screening strategy for dementia in at-risk patients, according to findings from a Dutch study published in Annals of Family Medicine.

In this video, Robert L. Phillips Jr., MD, MSPH, the director of the Center for Professionalism and Value in Health Care at the American Board of Family Medicine, discusses ways to strengthen primary care in the United States.

Men who consumed the equivalent of 1 cup of cranberries per day experienced a significant improvement in cardiovascular function after 1 month, according to results of a randomized controlled trial published in Food & Function.

About one in four people who may have needed treatment for opioid use disorder received it in 2019, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

WHO estimates there have been upwards of two attacks per day on health care infrastructure in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion of the country.

About one in five Americans will be aged 65 years or older by 2030, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.