Prevention explains screening schedules, vaccination and the arithmetic behind risk estimates. Articles set out who benefits from a given test, how often guidelines recommend it, what a false positive costs in follow-up appointments, and where national recommendations disagree. Aimed at readers deciding whether to book something this month.
Which screening tests are worth booking and when, what a vaccine protects against, and how to read a risk percentage without overreacting to it.
Population-level data now shows a clear pattern: the earlier the HPV vaccine is given, the bigger the drop in cervical cancer risk. Here is what the research actually measured.
Written by Nikki Roberts
Screening starts at 21 for most people in the U.S., and the intervals stretch as you age — here is what each guideline body says.
Written by Nikki Roberts
BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations raise lifetime breast cancer risk dramatically — but guidelines reserve testing for women with a personal or family history, after counseling.
Written by Renata Silva
CDC guidance calls for annual chlamydia and gonorrhea screening for sexually active women under 25 — and HIV testing at least once for everyone.
Written by Renata Silva
USPSTF 2025 recommends bone density screening for all women at 65 and earlier when risk is elevated — here is how DXA, T-scores, and FRAX fit together.
Written by Renata Silva
Vaccination does not end at 18 — the CDC adult schedule covers a tetanus booster every 10 years, shingles shots from 50, and RSV from 75.
Written by Renata Silva
More than one in three US adults has prediabetes and most do not know it — screening now starts at 35, with three blood tests that define the thresholds.
Written by Renata Silva
Nearly half of US adults have high blood pressure, and for women the risks and the right response shift through pregnancy, midlife, and menopause.
Written by Renata Silva
No major US body recommends routine skin cancer screening for everyone — but regular self-checks and knowing the ABCDE rule catch most early melanomas.
Written by Renata Silva
The screening age dropped from 50 to 45 — here is what USPSTF, ACS, and ACG recommend and how colonoscopy, FIT, and other tests actually differ.
Written by Renata Silva