preventive
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Plus, the only medical care a healthy person needs is preventive care, and that is also free of out-of-pocket cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The court ordered that the doctor be put in preventive detention, following his prison sentence.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Scientists have uncovered evidence that could change how doctors think about a common form of stroke and why standard preventive treatments often fail.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
In 2013, she underwent a preventive double mastectomy over concerns of her likelihood to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Well, the guy evidently hadn’t been getting the three-times-yearly preventive cleaning and lubricating, which made all the difference.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
She packs a special bag for Pepper, which includes food, water bowls, regular medications, flea and tick preventives, a litter bag, leash, collar, bedding and grooming supplies.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2023
It will also include clinical trials of treatments and preventives, which it hopes to launch by fall.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 9, 2022
That’s different from the way we typically experience vaccines: as preventives for diseases that feel controlled or even obsolete.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2021
Websites touting miracle cures and preventives – herbs, teas, essential oils, tinctures and colloidal silver – are prevalent.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2020
Ordinary citizens also offered advice and preventives through the town’s newspapers.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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