Preventive Health News

Researchers reported substantial variability in information on sex-based differences in drug safety and efficacy across trial publications and FDA sources for medications that were approved in 2019 and 2020.

Use of aspirin failed to prolong invasive DFS among patients with breast cancer, according to results of a randomized phase 3 study presented during the ASCO Plenary Series.

Frequent use of over-the-counter analgesics, including moderate-dose aspirin, NSAIDs and acetaminophen, were associated with an increased risk for tinnitus among women, according to findings in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

The more steps that older women took per day, the more they lowered their risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

The collaborative care model was associated with reductions in racial disparities in mental health screening among pregnant and postpartum women, according to recent findings.

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.

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.

A new AAP report describing seven alternative birth practices and the risk for infection in exposed newborns was compiled to help educate providers who may be asked to counsel expectant or new parents, the AAP said.

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.

In the final installment of a four-video series timed to Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Maurie Markman, MD, spoke with Healio about which adults may derive the most benefit from catch-up HPV vaccination.