Prevention (pree-VEN-shun) at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Prevention (pree-VEN-shun)? In medicine, action taken to decrease the chance of getting a disease. For example, cancer prevention includes avoiding risk factors (such as smoking, obesity, lack of exercise, and radiation exposure) and increasing protective factors (such as getting re

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