Preventive Health News

There was a sustained decrease in pertussis cases among young infants in the years after maternal Tdap vaccination was introduced in the United States, according to the results of a CDC study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Among California patients with cervical cancer, women aged 65 years and older had a greater disease burden compared with younger women, researchers reported.

On Sept. 15, the AMA released a statement saying that the burnout rate among United States physicians spiked during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, citing research published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Among women eligible for Denmark’s national breast cancer screening program, those who had an intellectual disability were less likely to undergo recommended screening, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Rates of prediabetes and undiagnosed diabetes increased among premenopausal women in the past 2 decades along with significant cardiovascular risk burden, researchers reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Despite decreases in cervical cancer screenings between 1999 and 2019 among older women with Medicare fee-for-service coverage, this group may be overspending on screening-related services, according to data in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released two final recommendations on the use of hormone therapy for the primary prevention of chronic conditions in postmenopausal people.

Reducing sexual violence through policy and societal changes may benefit the mental health of adolescents and contribute to shrinking gender gaps in internalization of mental health issues, per a study published in Lancet Psychiatry.

Women with a history of gestational diabetes can lower their risk for developing type 2 diabetes by optimizing modifiable risk factors for the disease, such as weight, diet, physical activity and tobacco and alcohol use.

Receiving a COVID-19 vaccine while pregnant did not increase the risk for peripartum outcomes and may lower the infant’s risk for NICU admission and intrauterine fetal death, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.