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  2. Preventive Health: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

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    Preventive health refers to routine care you receive in order to maintain your health. It’s key to diagnosing medical conditions before they become a problem. Preventing serious diseases before ...

  3. Preventive healthcare - Wikipedia

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    Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases. [1] Disease and disability are affected by environmental factors, genetic predisposition, disease agents, and lifestyle choices, and are dynamic processes that begin before individuals realize they are affected.

  4. Health Check: What is Preventative Care? - WebMD

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    Preventative care helps you catch medical problems before they become major.

  5. What Is a Preventive Medicine Physician? - WebMD

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    3 min read. A preventive medicine physician is a doctor who has experience in public health as well as clinical care. This allows them to provide insight and expertise in the prevention of injury ...

  6. What Is a Nurse Practitioner? What They Do, When to ... - WebMD

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    Acute care nurse practitioners (ACNP) work in hospitals or acute care clinics. They see patients when they are sick, are admitted to the hospital, have injuries, or have surgical procedures. They ...

  7. What Is Primary Care? Healthcare Services, Procedures, Doctors

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    Primary care is meant to be your main source for healthcare, one in which you have an ongoing partnership with your healthcare provider in the larger context of your community. Primary care is ...

  8. What is Covered by Preventative Healthcare Insurance?

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    Preventive health insurance is exactly what it sounds like: a plan that covers care received in order to prevent the onset of illness. Historically, most plans have covered preventive care at ...

  9. Health care - Wikipedia

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    Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals and allied health fields. Medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, midwifery, nursing, optometry ...