Preventive Care
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The 5 things dentists wished physicians weren’t missing
“It can be a big ask of primary care physicians, because we already ask a lot of them. But some of these things are very simple.”
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Underdiagnosed: Iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy
IDA increases a patient’s risk of delivering preterm and developing postpartum depression and puts their infants at a risk for perinatal mortality...
Commentary
Is air filtration the best public health intervention against respiratory viruses?
The idea is that those ions stick to the virus particles ... and that tends to cause them to clump together and settle on surfaces more rapidly,...
Conference Coverage
‘Smart’ stethoscope spots peripartum cardiomyopathy
Finding that 4% of the women in the intervention arm had reduced ejection fraction is “absolutely startling ... and speaks to how important...
From the Journals
Childhood immunization schedule includes new RSV, mpox, meningococcal, and pneumococcal vaccines
Experts say the updates are timely and necessary, while noting that pediatricians should become familiar with the changes to discuss the topic...
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PREVENT: AHA’s new risk calculator incorporates CKM health
PREVENT is for use in adults aged 30-79 years and estimates the 10- and 30-year risk of total CVD including, for the first time, heart failure.
From the Journals
WHO: Smoking cessation reduces risk of type 2 diabetes up to 40%
Key misconceptions among smokers with type 2 diabetes that can prevent cessation include concerns about post-cessation weight gain, the influence...
From the Journals
Maternal depressive symptoms may start at pregnancy
“The relevant clinical settings for prevention are those treating women in routine health care, including family medicine.”
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Sleeping beats sitting? What a new study means for your patients
“Our study highlights that replacing sedentary behavior with any other behavior can be beneficial.”
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‘Love more’: Why doctors should promote social connection
Embracing community and close relationships helps people live longer and be happier.
Conference Coverage
Pharmacist-based strategy places more patients on statins
In two studies run in parallel fashion, testing different strategies, automatic referral to a pharmacist was superior to EHR alerts for increasing...