Preventive Medicine News

Nearly half of the world’s population, primarily in low- and middle-income countries, has little to no access to essential diagnostic tools for common diseases, according to findings published by The Lancet Commission on Diagnostics.

More than 140,000 children in the U.S. have lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings published in Pediatrics.

Nearly two-thirds of clinicians reported relying on telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic to maintain patients’ access to care, according to survey findings from the Larry A. Green Center and the Primary Care Collaborative.

Matthew A. Steliga, MD, discusses a presentation from World Conference on Lung Cancer which focused on the importance of integrating tobacco cessation strategies into lung cancer practice in a video interview with Healio

In this video, Matthew A. Steliga, MD, discusses cessation program engagement data that was presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Conference on Lung Cancer.

Matthew A. Steliga, MD, spoke with Healio about a presentation on smoking cessation programs for patients being screened for lung cancer given at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Conference on Lung Cancer.

In this video, Matthew A. Steliga, MD, highlights presentations in tobacco cessation given at this year’s International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Conference on Lung Cancer.

Researchers found considerable variation in physicians’ willingness to assist patients with a Medicaid work requirement exemption, according to survey results published in JAMA Health Forum.

When I was in elementary school, I would spend my afternoons after school in the back room of my dad’s medical clinic. He was a general surgeon who also did primary care. 

The gap in life expectancy between Black and white Americans has narrowed over the past 3 decades from 7 years to 3.6 years, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.