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What Getting 105 Blood Tests From a Health Startup Taught Me - Dr. Richard Bruno

ACPM Regent-at-Large Richard Bruno discusses broad biomarker exams with Time Magazine. 

 

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The Truth About Whole-Body Scans - Dr. Mirza Rahman

ACPM President Mirza Rahman speaks with WebMD about full-body scans.

 

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Letter From the President: Politics, Pragmatism and Public Health

With the re-election of former President Donald Trump to a non-consecutive, second term, we are all aware, as preventive medicine and public health physicians, that politics and elections have consequences!

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Counting Down to Preventive Medicine 2025!

The countdown to Preventive Medicine 2025 has begun, and we couldn’t be more excited about what’s in store! PM2025 will be taking place May 5-8, 2025 in Seattle, a city known for its spirit of innovation and transformation. As we push forward into the future, the conference will provide a platform for our community to work together to address pressing challenges such as health disparities, emerging infectious diseases and the growing impact of climate on public health. It’s an exciting time to be part of the preventive medicine movement, and we look forward to collaborating with all of you on innovative solutions to the complex issues facing our profession and the populations we serve.

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When Things Don’t Go Your Way ... a Lesson in Adversity

When putting “pen to paper” to write this article, the U.S. was still days out from the Presidential Election. As you read the published piece, the election will have passed. Some will be happy, some will not.. and that is if we know the results.

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The Promise of Preventive Medicine - Dr. Mirza Rahman

ACPM President Mirza Rahman and ACPM member David DeRose discuss the specialty of preventive medicine and how it can improve health in individuals, families, communities, and tribes to live longer and better.
 

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Voting is Public Health

In addition to being a board member of ACPM I also serve on the board of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH). In that role, and as chair of the ASPPH Advocacy Committee, I recently moderated a webinar titled “The Importance of Voting and Countering Misinformation in Public Health.” We profiled ASPPH’s “Voting is Public Health” guide an initiative that highlights the critical link between civic engagement and health outcomes.

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What Matters Most: A Reflection on ACPM’s Leadership and Importance

National Cancer Prevention Month isn’t until February, but the issue holds a personal significance for me today. My mother was a cancer survivor, and we were about to celebrate 10 years of being cancer-free after a successful hemicolectomy and countless rounds of chemotherapy almost a decade ago. As a family, my children were young adolescents at the time of her initial diagnosis, and I remember that everyone was supportive and brave. We were up for the fight, and everyone in the family joined the fray. My children and wife shaved their heads in solidarity back then, and we prayed together with my pastor father year after year, until it seemed that we had finally triumphed after all when the 5-year mark was reached.  My mother felt great, and her oncologist provided the hopeful “all clear!” 

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Letter from the President: Improving Mental Health at Work

The theme for World Mental Health Day, which was celebrated on October 10, was “My Mental Health at Work.”