Preventive Medicine News

Throughout the year, Healio has conducted exclusive interviews with physicians, researchers and policy experts to learn more about emerging research and other health care updates that impact clinical practice.

Although COVID-19 remained a popular topic among Healio Primary Care readers in 2021, other stories that discussed diabetes screening and physician suicide also generated significant attention.

The AAP updated its guidance to recommend that all adolescents aged 15 years or older be screened for HIV at least once in a health care setting and that youth at an increased risk be screened at least once annually after that.

Ahead of the New Year’s resolution season, Healio recaps some of its 2021 coverage on diet and exercise research.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put an enormous strain on health care workers and exacerbated existing burnout and staffing shortages. Many workers have reported considering leaving the profession altogether.

Research published this year has shown that female physicians earn less money, experience more career obstacles and report more harassment than male physicians.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients have not received preventive care, and “it is vital that they get caught up now,” the chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force told Healio Primary Care.

Looking back on 2021 as a family physician in an independent practice, I have several thoughts about the impact COVID-19 has had on my patients, staff and practice — what we have seen and learned and the adjustments we had to make.

As of Dec. 1, the FDA had approved 46 novel drugs this year, one fewer than it had approved by the same date in 2020.

Healio’s coverage of sleep studies throughout the year highlight the importance of a good night’s rest.