Preventive Medicine News

The new year rung in record highs of COVID-19 cases as omicron quickly surpassed delta as the dominant variant in the U.S., according to the CDC.

Women with diabetes were significantly less likely to complete a mammogram than women without the condition, according to an analysis of electronic health records from a single institution.

Older adults who took vitamin D with or without omega-3 fatty acid supplementation had a significantly lower rate of autoimmune disease over 5 years compared with those who took placebo, according to findings published in The BMJ.

The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has produced tens of thousands of tons of extra health care waste that many facilities are not equipped to handle, according to WHO.

While the long-acting injectable Apretude was more effective at reducing the incidence of HIV than oral emtricitabine-tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, researchers said it does not justify the higher costs associated with it.

Greater access to grocery stores, lower access to fast food, a higher income and higher educational attainment were independently associated with a greater likelihood of eating healthier and a lower likelihood of overweight or obesity, data show.

Waiting more than 5 hours in an ED before hospital admission was linked to an increased risk for death from any cause in the 30 days that followed, according to findings published in the Emergency Medicine Journal.

Data show that prenatal syphilis screening, although required by law in some states and recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and CDC, has not reached 100% among Medicaid recipients in six Southern states.

Adopting a “One Health” approach to diet choices and nutrition recommendations can offer health and environmental benefits, according to findings published in Science of the Total Environment.

Among women with obesity and unexplained infertility, weight loss before infertility treatment did not increase the likelihood of having a healthy live birth, according to findings published in PLoS Medicine.