Had we known earlier, more people might have taken preventive steps with their representatives in Congress.
But it's already happening -- those chasing imaginary fraud are actually taking preventive steps that would disenfranchise millions of real live Americans.
Understanding their risk for a disease, says Navigenics cofounder Dietrich Stephan, allows people to make plans, take preventive steps by altering their lifestyles (exercising and keeping the brain active, for example), and stay informed about new therapies.
"Please beware and anticipate, and take preventive steps against the WannaCry malware attack," Indonesia's communication and information minister, Rudiantara, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, said Sunday at a news conference.
It criticizes the nation's regulatory approach, calling it reactionary rather than precautionary, which means that the government waits for proof of harm before taking action, instead of taking preventive steps when there is uncertainty about a chemical.
Within a decade, he says, doctors will create genetic profiles of their patients and be able to take preventive steps to thwart the diseases they are likely to get.
Minor added that people with vestibular dysfunction can take preventive steps to avoid falls in their homes, such as installing guard rails along stairs or hallways where a fall might occur, making sure rooms are well lit and removing carpeting in places where people are more prone to trip.
The bill does not go as far as a 2015 recommendation from a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine panel to create a quasi-independent Research Policy Board to ride herd over the process and take preventive steps, instead calling for an interagency working group that would try to resolve issues as they arise.
It is a promise managed care has made for years, but rarely fulfilled: A health maintenance organization pores over the medical records of millions of members to spot lapses in care, then coaxes doctors to take preventive steps; almost as an afterthought, the HMO reaps returns in the end.
Some schools are also taking preventive steps to address racial equality.
