Article
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Publish date: March 8, 2022
Here are the latest recommendations on the hepatitis, pneumococcal, zoster, rabies, and dengue vaccines.
Article
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Publish date: March 1, 2022
The US Preventive Services Task Force says there isn’t enough evidence to support screening for atrial fibrillation in all older adults. But here’s...
Article
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Publish date: January 25, 2022
Dietary guidelines provide scientifically sound and practical advice that, if followed by every person, would probably result in less obesity, type...
Article
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Publish date: January 3, 2022
On December 16, 2021, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to preferentially recommend messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines over ...
Article
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Publish date: December 8, 2021
A higher dose of ceftriaxone is now recommended for gonorrhea. Doxycycline, not azithromycin, is first-line therapy for chlamydia.
Audio
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Publish date: November 16, 2021
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recently updated its recommendations on adult vaccinations for hepatitis B and pneumococcal...
Audio
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Publish date: October 26, 2021
The US Preventive Services Task Force recently made big news with its draft update that recommends against the initiation of low-dose aspirin for p...
Article
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Publish date: October 20, 2021
Give the vaccine by the end of October. The CDC states that COVID-19 vaccines can be co-administered with influenza vaccines, but reactogenicity is...
Audio
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Publish date: September 30, 2021
The US Preventive Services Task Force recently updated its recommendations on screening for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. In this month’s audio,...
Audio
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Publish date: August 17, 2021
The US Preventive Services Task Force recently reaffirmed its recommendations on screening for hypertension in adults. In this month’s audio, Dr. C...
Article
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Publish date: July 20, 2021
USPSTF findings would support screening selective populations at risk for deficiency. But the value of supplements for prevention is nil or still u...
Audio
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Publish date: July 9, 2021
What is considered “healthy weight gain” in pregnancy? In this month’s audio, Dr. Campos-Outcalt describes the US Preventive Services Task Force’s ...
Audio
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Publish date: June 3, 2021
In this month’s audio, Dr. Campos-Outcalt provides an update on COVID-19 cases and vaccine administration in the United States; discusses the lates...
Article
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Publish date: May 13, 2021
The Task Force has expanded the age range for screening for hepatitis C virus infection in adolescents and adults, and now endorses behavioral coun...
Audio
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Publish date: April 26, 2021
The US Preventive Services Task Force has changed the age range and pack-year history criteria that should prompt physicians to screen adults for l...
