Preventive Medicine News

SAN ANTONIO — A hospital in Seattle started a measles entry screening program for all visitors after an outbreak in the city, finding the measures were easy to put in place and deemed acceptable by patients, according to a study.

Both step counts and time-based physical activity reduced the risks of death and CVD among women aged 62 years and older, a study in JAMA Internal Medicine showed.

WHO reported a “major” increase in STIs in 2022, specifically highlighting an increase in syphilis and an insufficient decline in new HIV and viral hepatitis infections.

Growing up on a farm, I was planning on becoming a veterinarian.

Life as a health care professional can be stressful, but there is a quick technique that can combat feelings of tension.

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine announced a partnership with Blue Zones to offer medical education training and Blue Zones certification to physicians and other medical professionals, according to a press release.

Belize, Jamaica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines became the latest nations to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced.

People with drug use-associated infective endocarditis are at high risk of mortality and future hospitalization for bacterial infections, including endocarditis, skin and soft tissue infections and bacteremia, researchers found.

BOSTON — Life’s Essential 8, a campaign led by the American Heart Association, is an assortment of interventions “we can all follow” and “associated with much better outcomes,” Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP, MACC, FAHA, FHFSA, said.

BOSTON — In this video, Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP, MACC, FAHA, FHFSA, offers tips on how to approach incidental calcification findings from a nongated CT.