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• n  remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
• n  any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
• n  an agent or device intended to prevent conception
• s  preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
  preventive medicine
• a  tending to prevent or hinder

• Reform proposals would promote preventive care by requiring insurers to cover (with no co-pay) preventive services.
• President Nixon's suggestion that "preventive detention" would be one good remedy for crime in the District of Columbia met with sharply divided reaction on Capitol Hill.
• Physicians say, "The preventive exam is the only time I can really devote to focusing on preventive care.

• preventative
• prophylactic
• hindrance
• hinderance
• hitch
• encumbrance
• incumbrance
• interference
• contraceptive
• contraceptive device
• prophylactic device
• birth control device

• permissive

News & Articles

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• Focus on Prevention of Dental Caries Spurs Sales of Dental Preventive Supplies, According to New Report by Global ...
  GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Dental Preventive Supplies markets. Global market for Dental Preventive Supplies is projected to reach US$458.8 million by 2018, driven by the rising need to prevent dental caries and gum diseases among children and adults. (PRWeb June 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/dental_supplies_market/preventive ...
  June 13, 2013 - PRWeb
• Genetic variations may help identify best candidates for preventive breast cancer drugs
  ( Mayo Clinic ) Newly discovered genetic variations may help predict breast cancer risk in women who receive preventive breast cancer therapy with the selective estrogen receptor modulator drugs tamoxifen and raloxifene, a Mayo Clinic-led study has found. The study is published in the journal Cancer Discovery.
  June 13, 2013 - EurekAlert!
• Preventive daily dose works ‘for all populations at increased risk for HIV’
  CHICAGO (Reuters) - A daily dose of powerful anti-HIV medicine helped cut the risk of infection with the AIDS virus by 49 percent in intravenous drug users in a Bangkok study that showed for the first time such a preventive step can work in this high-...
  June 12, 2013 - MedCity News

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in msnbc.com
  Owners responsible for conditions in the Upper Big Branch mine should be held accountable for decisions they made and preventive measures they failed to take,Obama said.
• Francois Fillon in Toronto Star
  Prime Minister François Fillon, who was briefed by police in Villiers-le-Bel, said things were "much calmer than the previous two nights, but ...... still fragile, and we need a large preventive force on the ground so that what happened last night...