"Preventive Medicine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A medical specialty primarily concerned with prevention of disease (PRIMARY PREVENTION) and the promotion and preservation of health in the individual.
| Descriptor ID |
D011315
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.720.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Preventive Medicine- Preventive Medicine
- Preventative Medicine
- Medicine, Preventative
- Medicine, Preventive
Preventive Care- Preventive Care
- Care, Preventive
- Preventative Care
- Care, Preventative
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Preventive Medicine" by people in Profiles.
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Therapeutic Inertia in Cardiovascular?Disease Prevention: Time to Move the Bar. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 10 01; 74(13):1728-1731.
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Nutrition, risk factors, prevention, and imaging: The 2018 Mario Verani Lecture. J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb; 26(1):86-91.
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Physical Activity and Physical Function: Moving and Aging. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2018 Dec; 45(4):723-736.
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The maternal early warning criteria: a proposal from the national partnership for maternal safety. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Oct; 124(4):782-786.
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Advances in the prevention of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. J Intern Med. 2014 Mar; 275(3):229-50.
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Training practitioners in evidence-based chronic disease prevention for global health. Promot Educ. 2007; 14(3):159-63.
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Clinical and economic outcomes of embolic complications and strategies for distal embolic protection during percutaneous coronary intervention in saphenous vein grafts. J Invasive Cardiol. 2006 Feb; 18(2):49-53.
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Prescribing exercise at varied levels of intensity and frequency: a randomized trial. Arch Intern Med. 2005 Nov 14; 165(20):2362-9.
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Basic and clinical research in polyomavirus nephropathy. Exp Clin Transplant. 2004 Jun; 2(1):162-73.
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Spine rehabilitation: secondary and tertiary nonoperative care. Spine J. 2003 May-Jun; 3(3 Suppl):28S-36S.