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Preventive Medicine Headlines
Predicting Arthritis At Much Earlier Stage With New Biomarker Test
More than 27 million adults currently suffer from osteoarthritis, which is the most common form of arthritis. In the past, doctors have been unable to diagnose patients with arthritis until they begin to show symptoms, which include joint pain and stiffness. By the time these symptoms are present, it is often too late for preventive and minimally invasive treatment options to be effective...
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Truvada For HIV Prevention Plus Behavioral Strategies
A drug that has been shown to prevent HIV infection in a significant number of cases must be combined with behavioral approaches if the U.S. health care establishment is to succeed in reducing the spread of the virus, according to the American Psychological Association...
Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
10-Year Roadmap To Prevent, Fight Depression
Major depressive episodes can be prevented, and to help ensure that they are, the health care system should provide routine access to depression-prevention interventions, just as patients receive standard vaccines, according to a new article co-authored by UCSF researcher Ricardo F. Munoz, PhD...
Tue, 15 May 2012 03:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Survey Results Suggest The Need For Better Preventive Care For The Diseased Heart
There are discrepancies between the recommendations for the management of cardiovascular risk factors and their implementation in clinical practice. In the latest issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International, Christof Prugger and his fellow authors present the results of the EUROASPIRE I, II and III surveys in the Munster region of Germany (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2012; 109(17): 303)...
Mon, 14 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
A System Needed To Improve Cancer Screening
An editorial by Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH, director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), calls for a more organized and comprehensive approach to increase cancer screening participation among those who are insured or are likely to become insured through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
Thu, 10 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Stroke Prevention Procedure For Patients With A-Fib Who Can't Take Blood Thinners
Patients with atrial fibrillation (A-fib) who cannot take blood thinners now have an alternative to reduce their risk of stroke, which is five times more common in people with the rhythm disorder. The non-surgical procedure works by tying off the left atrial appendage (LAA), the source of most blood clots leading to stroke in patients with A-fib...
Wed, 09 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Nearly $550 Billion Could Be Saved Over 2 Decades Just By Keeping Obesity Rates Level
Researchers have forecast the cost savings and rise in obesity prevalence over the next two decades in a new public health study. "Keeping obesity rates level could yield a savings of nearly $550 billion in medical expenditures over the next two decades," according to lead author Eric Finkelstein, Ph.D...
Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
'Overmanagement' Of Benign Breast Disease Revealed By Study
Contrary to current guidelines, women with benign breast biopsies do not need follow-up at six months; they may not need close surveillance at all, a new study shows. The study, conducted at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL, followed 388 patients for six, 12 and 24 months. No cancer was found in these patients at six and 12 months, said Shannon Reed, MD, one of the authors of the study...
Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Hospital Infection Prevention Efforts Driven By Medicare Penalty
The 2008 decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to cease additional reimbursement to hospitals for certain healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) has led to enhanced focus on infection prevention and changes in practice by front-line staff, according to a national survey of infection preventionists published in the May issue of the American Journal of I...
Thu, 03 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: May 1, 2012
1. For Younger Women at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer, Benefits of Mammography Screening Outweigh Harms According to two new studies being published in Annals of Internal Medicine, younger women at increased risk for breast cancer may benefit from biennial mammography screening beginning at age 40...
Tue, 01 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Younger Women Benefit From Mammography
Researchers from University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have published new findings that mammography remains beneficial for women in their 40s...
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Omega-3 Fatty Acids Don't Improve Heart's Ability To Relax And Efficiently Refill With Blood
Over the past three decades, researchers have firmly established that the omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil, including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), have healthy effects on the heart...
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Potential For Future Drug Therapy Based On Mechanism Of HIV Spread
A new understanding of the initial interactions of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and dendritic cells is described by Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers in a study currently featured in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). With over 2...
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Increasing Blood Pressure Screening May Reduce Incidence Of CVD Events And Death By Up To 3 Percent
A 25 per cent increase in high blood pressure screening in 19 developing countries would reduce the number of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and deaths that occur each year by up to 3 per cent in these countries. The preliminary data presented at the World Congress of Cardiology are the first findings from a new report from Harvard that will be published later this year...
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Cancer Prevention Efforts Outlined In Report
An annual report from the American Cancer Society says much of the suffering and death from cancer could be prevented by more systematic efforts to reduce tobacco use, improve diet and physical activity, reduce obesity, and expand the use of established screening tests...
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Optimism May Help Protect Heart
Harvard researchers suggest optimism, happiness and other positive emotions may help protect heart health and lower the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events. It also appears that these psychological well-being factors slow the progress of cardiovascular disease...
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Automated System Aims To Improve Child Health
Researchers from Indiana University and the Regenstrief Institute have developed an automated system to help enable pediatricians to focus on the specific health needs of each patient in the short time allotted for preventive care...
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Study Results Presented At Microbicides 2012 - No Added HIV Risk With Hormonal Contraceptives
An HIV prevention trial that pre-dates the shift to antiretroviral (ARV)-based approaches is nonetheless helping to answer some of the most relevant and topical questions the field is facing today...
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Truvada As A Preventive Drug For Men At High Risk For HIV May Be Cost-Effective
A once-a-day pill to help prevent HIV infection could significantly reduce the spread of AIDS, but only makes economic sense if used in select, high-risk groups, Stanford University researchers conclude in a new study...
Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Tailored, Web-Based Intervention Helped Women Understand Options For Breast Cancer Prevention
When women at high risk of breast cancer viewed a customized web-based decision guide about prevention options, they were more likely to make a choice about prevention and to feel comfortable with their choice, a new study finds...
Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
New Evidence Could Tip The Balance In Aspirin Cancer Prevention Care
A new report by American Cancer Society scientists says new data showing aspirin's potential role in reducing the risk of cancer death bring us considerably closer to the time when cancer prevention can be included in clinical guidelines for the use of aspirin in preventative care...
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Lung Cancer Screening As An Insurance Benefit Would Save Lives At A Relatively Low Cost
Lung cancer is the most lethal cancer in the United States. According to the National Cancer Institute, lung cancer causes more than 150,000 deaths annually and has a survival rate of 16 percent. More Americans die of lung cancer each year than of cervical, breast, colon and prostate cancers combined...
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Women Risk Metabolic Syndrome Through Lack Of Exercise
The results of a national US study suggest that women are at greater risk for developing metabolic syndrome than men because they are less likely to do at least 30 minutes of exercise a day. It found that although regular physical activity is linked to better health in both sexes, it appears to make a bigger difference for women...
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Gene Sequencing Limited As Disease Predictor, Study
If current trends continue, the cost of having one's genome analyzed will be comparable to that of the weekly supermarket bill. But will this give us the ability to predict which common diseases are likely to afflict us in the future? Well, according to a new study of twins that was published this week in Science Translational Medicine, the answer in most cases is likely to be no...
Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Saving Children's Lives Through Malaria Prevention
Malaria continues to be a major disease worldwide, but while funding projects are working hard to improve malaria prevention it is difficult to measure how effective these interventions are...
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
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