Preventative medicine

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Preventive Healthcare - The Noun Project
Preventive Healthcare - The Noun Project

Preventive medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with prevention of diseases as opposed to treatment as they say "prevention is better than cure".

What are some common preventive medicine services?[edit | edit source]

  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm one-time screening for men of specified ages who have ever smoked
  • Alcohol misuse screening and counseling
  • Aspirin use to prevent cardiovascular disease and colorectal cancer for adults 50 to 59 years with a high cardiovascular risk
  • Blood pressure screening
  • Cholesterol screening for adults of certain ages or at higher risk
  • Colorectal cancer screening for adults 45 to 75
  • Depression screening
  • Diabetes (Type 2) screening for adults 40 to 70 years who are overweight or obese
  • Diet counseling for adults at higher risk for chronic disease
  • Falls prevention (with exercise or physical therapy and vitamin D use) for adults 65 years and over, living in a community setting
  • Hepatitis B screening for people at high risk, including people from countries with 2% or more Hepatitis B prevalence, and U.S.-born people not vaccinated as infants and with at least one parent born in a region with 8% or more Hepatitis B prevalence.
  • Hepatitis C screening for adults age 18 to 79 years
  • HIV screening for everyone age 15 to 65, and other ages at increased risk
  • PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) HIV prevention medication for HIV-negative adults at high risk for getting HIV through sex or injection drug use

What are the common vaccinations recommended for adults?[edit | edit source]

Immunizations for adults — doses, recommended ages, and recommended populations vary:

What are the common screening procedures recommended for adults?[edit | edit source]

  • Lung cancer screening for adults 50 to 80 at high risk for lung cancer because they’re heavy smokers or have quit in the past 15 years
  • Obesity screening and counseling
  • Sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention counseling for adults at higher risk
  • Statin preventive medication for adults 40 to 75 at high risk
  • Syphilis screening for adults at higher risk
  • Tobacco use screening for all adults and cessation interventions for tobacco users
  • Tuberculosis screening for certain adults without symptoms at high risk
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