Preventive Medicine News

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently issued a universal recommendation that all adults aged 19 to 59 years receive the hepatitis B vaccine.

Pregnant women with a physical, intellectual or sensory disability had a significantly higher risk for adverse outcomes compared with pregnant women without a disability, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

About one in four primary care clinicians surveyed preferred a stool-based test to a colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening, according to findings published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Food insecurity was associated with higher allostatic load among adults in the U.S. aged 50 years or older, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued draft guidance today that states there is insufficient evidence to make a recommendation for or against prediabetes and type 2 diabetes screening in asymptomatic children and adolescents.

Individuals with vitamin D deficiency were more likely to develop CVD and higher BP than those with normal levels of vitamin D, according to findings published in the European Heart Journal.

About one in 333 women experienced a severe maternal morbidity event or illness during postpartum that could have resulted in death, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Fewer adults with multimorbidity had a “usual” clinician from whom they regularly sought care in 2016 compared with 2010, according to survey results published in JAMA Network Open.

The protective effect of a single flexible sigmoidoscopy screening in older adults was maintained for up 15 years against colorectal cancer incidence and for up to 19 years against mortality, according to a randomized controlled trial.

Adults aged 50 years or older who received a Pfizer-BioNTech booster at least 5 months after a second dose of the vaccine had a 90% lower COVID-19 mortality rate compared with those who did not receive a booster.