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Preventive Medicine

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  • Preventing Illness


The goal of preventive medicine to stop a health problem before it happens. Medicine and healthy habits can help prevent illness. Natural therapies have also been used to lower the risk for some. See these articles for more information:

  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Aging Skin
  • Atherosclerosis (growth of plaque and blockage in blood vessels)
  • Bladder Infections
  • Cancer Prevention
  • Cataracts
  • Cervical Dysplasia
  • Colds and Flus
  • Ear Infections (Otitis Media)
  • Heart Attack
  • Herpes
  • Kidney Stones
  • Macular Degeneration
  • Migraine Headaches
  • Osteoporosis
  • Preeclampsia and Pregnancy-induced Hypertension
  • Stroke Prevention


Last reviewed February 2020 by EBSCO NAT Review Board Eric Hurwitz, DC
Last Updated: 5/26/2020

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