prevention

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The NHS said it was building the register as part of a 10-year plan to improve prevention and treatment of cancer.

From BBC

Assistant coroner for south Wales central Rachel Knight said she would issue a prevention of future deaths report and ask for improvements to be made to mobile phone signal in the area.

From BBC

Now it tops the list for men and women combined, said Dr. Ahmedin Jemal, the Cancer Society’s senior vice president for surveillance, prevention and health services research.

From The Wall Street Journal

She added: "Without a wholesale shift in focus to prevention, a sustainable plan for social care and a re-think on capital investment, there is a risk surges in progress will be short lived."

From BBC

This trial took a different approach by targeting people in early to mid-adulthood, when brain changes are harder to detect but prevention may offer greater benefits over time.

From Science Daily