The cross-sectional nature of the study is another limitation; however, our prior work has shown selenium to be preventative of cognitive decline prospectively in a subset of this cohort [ 30].
This step is preventative - smaller amounts of food and drink mean smaller burps.
A law of ecocide is preventative, pre-emptive and post-operative.
There are preventative measures provided for out-of-wedlock pregnancy, and the program encourages two-parent families.
These latter findings suggest the possibility that carnitine supplementation in recessive dystrophic EB children might be preventative against the development of dilated cardiomyopathy.
Drawing on Gibson et al. [ 7], Swinton and Pattison [ 6] maintain that the therapeutic focus on patients' spiritual and existential issues has been shown to be preventative against depression, loss of self-value and the desire for suicide among people with terminal illness.
More than 14 other forms of cancer are currently in trials for vaccines in the US, and only two of those are preventative vaccines.
There is good evidence that vitamin D plus calcium supplementation are preventative against hip fractures and some evidence that hip protectors can also be preventative in certain groups of high-risk elders.
One such example of the beneficial effects of green tea consumption is its role in promoting fat oxidation, which is a key preventative of obesity in healthy individuals [ 3].
Although some studies have found the opposite age effect, highlighting that aging is a preventative factor of depressive state and/or felling of unhappiness [ 19], or have not showed any age effect [ 40], this apparent contradiction has been clarified recently.
