preventive
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Another 2025 paper called for closer collaboration between travel medicine and tourism, reflecting a growing interest in how vacations, health risks, preventive care, and traveler well being overlap.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
"It is a lot about preventive medicine just now because there are limited medical supplies in space but with commercial flights, there could be a higher medical risk."
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Martha Gulati is a preventive cardiologist and the inaugural director of the Davis Women’s Heart Center at the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
“Management noted it doesn’t see a near term risk but has engaged respective industry bodies to put in place preventive measures.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
“If such preventive measures are not taken,” says Dr. Hueper, “the stage will be set at a progressive rate for the future occurrence of a similar disaster to the human population.”
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing preventive
National Nurses Week: Common Medical Terms
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Workshop 5, Part 2
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