Preventative medicine

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?

• 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?

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

• Chickenpox (Varicella)
• Diphtheria
• Flu (influenza)
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
• Measles
• Meningococcal vaccine
• Mumps
• Whooping cough (Pertussis)
• Pneumococcal vaccine
• Rubella vaccine
• Shingles vaccine
• Tetanus toxoid

What are the common screening procedures recommended for adults?

• 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