The AAP’s guidelines on lipid screening for children raise concerns about the fundamental purpose of prevention and its role in balancing individual autonomy with the benefits of society at large.

Explanation of why penalizing health insurance subscribers who do not achieve wellness goals is unethical.

Using expedited partner therapy to treat certain STDs entails clinical and ethical risks and benefits.

Counseling patients about medical finances is a preventive medicine duty, much as weight-loss counseling is.

It is quite possible that prevention will contribute as much to further improvements in quality and quantity of life as curative medicine will.

How to resolve conflicts between hospital policy and the treatment recommendations for an individual patient.

Specialty training in preventive medicine best equips physicians to address the population health challenges that confront U.S. and global health care in the 21st century.

Strategies to manage hypertension and prehypertension are available.

Despite challenges, employer no-smoking policies have been upheld by the courts to date.

Assuming rigid control over patients’ health care and subjecting them to strict regimens without offering them a choice in the matter is frank paternalism. Moreover, proceeding with an invasive test without obtaining proper informed consent is malpractice.