Preventive Services news and information

The revised mammography screening guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force three years ago may result in missed cancers and declines in screening, according to two studies presented at the Radiological Society of North America's annual meeting this week in Chicago.
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Americans ages 15 to 64 should get an HIV test at least once—not just people considered at high risk for the virus, according to an independent panel that sets screening guidelines.
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The Ways and Means Committee has subpoenaed details on federal funding spent to promote the 2010 federal healthcare overhaul.
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General medical checkups for healthy adults may not be as beneficial as people tend to think, according to new a study.
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“Debates are what make America great,” Johnny Carson said on The Tonight Show 28 years ago this month. “The candidates stand before their electorate and reporters ask hard-hitting questions, and it's up to the people to decide which one evaded them more skillfully.”
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius marked World Suicide Prevention Day on Monday by announcing an ambitious new national suicide-prevention strategy and about $56 million in new grants for national, state, tribal, campus and community suicide-prevention programs.
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Did the door to compromise close for Catholic hospitals this week?
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The federal government has targeted billions of dollars of savings for the Medicare program by reducing the number of preventable readmissions.Financial penalties to hospitals with excessive readmission rates begin Oct. 1.
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The latest edition of an annual report released by the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network criticizes legislation penned by state lawmakers aimed at cancer prevention or treatment and says these laws fail to generate enough new revenue and fail to reduce the long-term costs of...
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As Massachusetts launches an aggressive effort to contain healthcare spending, the rest of the country will be watching.
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