Preventive Care
Conference Coverage
Optimal age for cardiovascular disease screening remains elusive
SAN FRANCISCO – What level of cardiovascular risk should prompt the use of statins for primary prevention?
From the Journals
Low-fat diet reduces risk of death if breast cancer is diagnosed
Death rates were lowered in women assigned to a low-fat diet after breast cancer diagnosis.
Feature
How to raise HPV vaccine rates: Work together
Advocates say better collaboration among pediatricians and obstetrician-gynecologists is critical to raising HPV vaccine rates.
From the Journals
Daily probiotics have no effect on infections causing child care absences
There seems to be little difference between probiotics and placebo in preventing infections in young children, but age may play a role.
Conference Coverage
Childhood vaccine trauma decreases adolescent HPV immunization uptake
Too many vaccines at once can result in needle phobia.
From the Journals
If doctors recommend it, teens are more likely to get HPV vaccine
You recommend it, teens get it.
Conference Coverage
SPRINT: Intensive BP control cut cardiovascular risk in patients with prediabetes
SAN DIEGO – Dropping systolic BP to 120 mm Hg may prevent cardiac events in people with prediabetes.
Conference Coverage
In Sweden, very few osteoporotic fractures prompt treatment within 12 months
MADRID – Swedish men are far less likely than are women to get a prescription.
From the Journals
Coconut oil and dairy fats pose similar CVD risk
Coconut oil is all the rage, but should it be?
From the Journals
Aspirin triples major bleeding risk after age 75 years
Should MI and stroke patients over age 75 years be taking both aspirin and proton pump inhibitors?
Conference Coverage
Romosozumab cuts new vertebral fracture risk by 73%, but safety data are concerning
MADRID – Investigational bone-building drug looks promising, but safety concerns emerge.