#preventive

I worked with the March of Dimes to enact legislation for a national birth defects prevention program to provide surveillance, research and preventive services aimed at reducing the rate of birth defects. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#birth #defects #enact #i #legislation

These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

#adopted #constitute #ever #greatest #guarantee

As obesity creeps into preschools, and hypertension and type II diabetes become pediatric problems for the very first time, the case for starting preventive health care in the cradle has become too compelling to keep ignoring. ↗

— Heidi Murkoff

#care #case #compelling #cradle #creeps

It doesn't take a brain surgeon... or a cardiologist... or a pediatrician... or even a policy wonk to figure out that a penny's worth of preventive care is worth many dollars of sick care. ↗

— Heidi Murkoff

#care #dollars #even #figure #many

Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition. ↗

— Ron Paul

#american #american tradition #another #because #might

I continue to be a strong believer in the life-saving importance of early detection, and I encourage everyone to be proactive about their preventive screenings. ↗

— Roy Blunt

#believer #continue #detection #early #encourage

Irregular contact with doctors means many men fail to receive any preventive care for potentially life-threatening conditions. In addition, when men do seek care, embarrassment can often prevent them from openly discussing health concerns with their physicians. ↗

— Michael Crapo

#any #care #concerns #conditions #contact

Breast cancer is being detected at an earlier, more treatable stage these days, largely because women are taking more preventive measures, like self-exams and regular mammograms. And treatment is getting better too. ↗

— Elizabeth Hurley

#being #better #breast cancer #cancer #days

On January 1, 2006, Medicare will begin to offer a prescription drug benefit, and for the first time, it will place an emphasis on preventive care and early treatment of disease. ↗

— Michael Burgess

#benefit #care #disease #early #emphasis

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#after #come #experience #fight #go