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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Prevention Opportunities


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New Opportunities in the Changing Landscape of Prevention FREE ONLINE FIRST

Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH1; Chris Calitz, MPP2
JAMA. Published online July 17, 2014. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.8900
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The focus of medical research has historically been on curative medicine, yielding better drugs, medical devices, and clinical procedures. Prevention science—the systematic application of scientific methods to the causes and prevention of diseases in populations—has yet to receive the necessary investment and support required to reduce the growing burden of largely preventable noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).1

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