New Evidence Prevention Is Best Medicine by Brian Dakss

An ounce of prevention may be worth a pound of cure, but more Americans carrying out five basic preventive measures would save well over 100,000 lives in the United States annually, according to a new report.
​It contains numbers to back the main principle of the Partnership for Prevention, namely, that more emphasis on preventing disease, not just treating it, is needed in the U.S. health care system, and would result in much more efficient use of money spent for it.

On The Early Show Thursday, medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay outlined the report's highlights.
Among them, as described on the group's Web site:
Utilization rates remain low for preventive services that are very cost effective and have been recommended for years. Increasing the use of just five preventive services would save more than 100,000 lives each year in the United States.

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