Preventive Health News

The proportion of women in the U.S. who were not up to date on recommended cervical cancer screening significantly increased from 2005 to 2019, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

In the third installment of a four-video series timed to Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Maurie Markman, MD, spoke with Healio about how clinicians can help overcome HPV vaccine hesitancy.

Women who viewed themselves as lower in socioeconomic status experienced a higher allostatic load 1 year after giving birth, which may lead to worse health outcomes in the future, according to findings published in Health Psychology.

In the second installment of a four-video series timed to Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Maurie Markman, MD, spoke with Healio about the impact of HPV vaccination on the global burden of cervical cancer.

In the first installment of a four-video series timed to Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Maurie Markman, MD, spoke with Healio about the importance of HPV vaccination.

SARS-CoV-2 infection, even in asymptomatic cases, can lead to a broad autoantibody response that lasts beyond recovery from infection, according to findings published in the Journal of Translational Medicine.

An electronic reminder sent to a provider ahead of a postpartum visit increased discussions about transition of care and CVD risk between the provider and patients who had a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, researchers reported.

Australian, American, Canadian and British panels that developed clinical practice recommendations most often consisted of white men and excluded historically underrepresented women, researchers reported in The Lancet.

High-grade vulvar, vaginal and anal precancer rates decreased or stabilized after the introduction of the HPV vaccine, according to findings published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women, according to WHO. In 2018, it caused an estimated 311,000 deaths worldwide.