preventive

Example Sentences

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Detecting a single case on a farm means the entire herd must be culled for preventive reasons.

From BBC

These older adult workers will want—and employers will want to provide—different benefits such as elder caregiving for spouses or parents, services focused on preventive health and workplace changes that are age-friendly.

From The Wall Street Journal

"If we had seen these patients just two days before their heart attack, nearly half would NOT have been recommended for further testing or preventive therapy guided by current risk estimate scores and guidelines."

From Science Daily

He has been in preventive custody ever since, alongside Humala and Toledo.

From Barron's

This early signal suggests that a blood test could eventually help identify patients who are more likely to develop neuropathy, opening the door to preventive steps -- potentially including IRE1α inhibitors -- before nerve damage sets in.

From Science Daily