Unmarried couples who live together are increasingly likely to have children, with the birth rate nearly doubling since 2002.
Reuters Health Information

Providers can take steps to ensure that cervical cancer does not develop in this generation of girls at the rates of their mothers and grandmothers.
CDC Expert Commentary

A CDC survey shows no evidence that the HPV vaccine encourages risky behavior among adolescents and young women.
WebMD Health News

A study finds higher arsenic levels in pregnant women who eat rice, and the exposure could harm the developing baby.
WebMD Health News

Two studies show high rates of maternal complications among mothers who have stillbirth infants; risk is significantly higher among black women with previous infant deaths.
Medscape Medical News

Mothers who smoked 3 months before becoming pregnant had significantly higher rates of low-birth-weight infants.
Medscape Medical News

Patients are taking more dietary supplements. Do you know the right questions to ask?
Medscape Public Health

Popular social media sites can benefit healthcare professionals, if used appropriately. Find out how.
Medscape Public Health

Popular social media sites can benefit healthcare professionals, if used appropriately. Find out how.
Medscape Public Health

Weight bias in healthcare is no joke. Find out if your environment is sensitive to and accepting of diverse patient sizes.
Medscape Public Health

Ten years after 9/11, are we now more or less prepared? Dr. Linda Landesman, a renowned expert on public health preparedness, discusses our current level of readiness to respond to disasters.
Medscape Public Health

The barriers to clinician prescribing of lifestyle medicine are slowly, but surely, being removed.
Medscape Public Health

Here’s how to ask the questions that you know you should be asking.
Medscape Public Health

Reflections on the history and progress of HIV/AIDS during the past 3 decades and opportunities in the future for halting the “world’s most visible disease.”
Medscape Public Health

Concerns over potential cross-contamination of nonpenicillin drug products with penicillin have resulted in a nationwide recall of multiple repackaged products.
Medscape Medical News

Far from being an incentive to lose weight, negative stereotypes and weight discrimination are significant physical and mental health risks for the overweight and obese.
Medscape Public Health

If your patients are traveling abroad, be ready with this advice on how to prevent illness or injury.
Medscape Public Health

How effective are clinicians in having their patients screened for various cancers, such as breast and colorectal? How can the system be improved?
Journal of Community Health

In response to the crisis in Japan, the CDC hosted a conference call for clinicians to answer questions about treating radiation injuries in US travelers returning from Japan.
Medscape Medical News

CDC has compiled a list of resources that healthcare providers can review to develop plans and response capacity to evaluate and treat survivors of radiation emergencies.

This report outlines the most effective laboratory tests to screen for syphilis.
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report

Data from the CDC shows that the death rate has declined for 10 consecutive years.
WebMD Health News

The major themes and noteworthy changes of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans that can help guide nutrition counseling with patients are outlined in this HHS commentary.
Government Perspectives on Healthcare

Tools for promoting health behaviors and weight loss with obese patients are provided.
Medscape Public Health & Prevention

The United States is decades behind the rest of the world in parental leave policy, a Human Rights Watch report said on Wednesday.
Reuters Health Information

If you are a current healthcare practitioner and have what you think are novel approaches to preventive medicine, US Surgeon General Regina Benjamin wants to hear from you.
Medscape Medical News

If you are a current healthcare practitioner and have what you think are novel approaches to preventive medicine, US Surgeon General Regina Benjamin wants to hear from you.
Medscape Medical News

Need a condom? There’s an app for that.
Reuters Health Information

What are the most positive updates? What recommendations could have been made stronger?
Medscape Public Health & Prevention

Dr. David Katz, Director of the Yale Prevention Research Center, comments on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans with a critical eye.