Preventive Medicine News

Since 1999, stroke survivors have been advised to use aspirin, prescription antiplatelet agents, or prescription anticoagulants to help avoid another stroke.

New research from Yale School of Public Health shows that blacks are admitted to the hospital at a significantly younger age than their white peers for a host of preventable medical conditions, an indication that they have received inadequate care for the underlying conditions in the years leading up to their hospitalization.

Main Category: Liver Disease / Hepatitis Also Included In: Preventive Medicine Article Date: 01 Dec 2009 - 1:00 PST New peer-reviewed data finding that fewer than one-fifth of the nearly 4 million Americans infected with chronic hepatitis C virus have received anti-viral therapy in recent years should be a wake-up call that Congress needs to move ...

Being tall and overweight, or just being tall, might be a marker in children for an increased risk of being overweight or obese in later years.

Main Category: Eye Health / Blindness Also Included In: Tropical Diseases ; Preventive Medicine Article Date: 25 Nov 2009 - 3:00 PST A regional initiative launched in the 1990s to eliminate onchocerciasis in the Americas has substantially reduced the prevalence of the disease in recent years, as evidenced by a 31% decrease in the number of ...

Even if the percentage of Americans who are obese stays the same, diabetes cases will nearly double in the U.S. in the next 25 years and the cost of treating the disease will almost triple, according to a new study by researchers based at the University of Chicago.

Holiday travelers with layovers in Detroit, San Francisco, Phoenix, and other busy hubs will easily find healthful, cholesterol-free vegetarian meals, according to a new report.

Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Preventive Medicine Influenza, particularly H1N1, has understandably captured the attention of public health officials, the media and the public.

As holiday travelers begin to crisscross the country, public health officials warn that swine flu cases could surge back from a recent decline, and they caution that flu season is far from over.

Main Category: Swine Flu Also Included In: Preventive Medicine Article Date: 24 Nov 2009 - 2:00 PST Viruses are nasty, yet surprisingly simple organisms.

A Loyola University Health System study has found that one out of five Type 2 diabetics is morbidly obese -- approximately 100 pounds or more overweight.

Controversy continues over the mammography guidelines released Monday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Last night NYAM inducted 132 new Fellows and Members and recognized 37 individuals who were celebrating their 30th anniversary as Fellows.

The Kensington Way by Stephen Twigg, a holistic health practitioner who counts the late Princess Diana among his clients, is a weight-loss program that relies on combining specific foods, rotating food choices, and using mind-body techniques - such as affirmations - to transform you from fat to fit.

Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking Also Included In: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture ; Preventive Medicine ; Public Health Article Date: 19 Nov 2009 - 6:00 PST Indoor smoking bans have forced smokers at bars and restaurants onto outdoor patios, but a new University of Georgia study in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Tried-and-true diuretics maintain their status as the best first-line treatment in older men and women with high blood pressure, new research concludes.

From the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health and Center of Human Development and Aging , University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, N.J.; Assaf Harofe Medical Center , Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Zerifin, Israel.

Men, especially black men, are at a relatively high risk of sudden cardiac death over their lifetime compared to women, a new study finds.

Main Category: Preventive Medicine Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 14 Nov 2009 Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a new public opinion survey that finds that 71 percent of Americans favor an increased investment in disease prevention and that disease prevention is one ...

Main Category: Sexual Health / STDs Also Included In: HIV / AIDS ; Pediatrics / Children's Health ; Preventive Medicine Article Date: 14 Nov 2009 - 1:00 PST In the last 10 years, the St.