Prevention in the year 2002: some news, some issues.
As we move into the new century, we continue to focus on ways to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life. We have made enormous strides in some arenas, including deaths from infectious diseases caused by mass immunization, improved sanitation, better nutrition, heart disease caused by risk factor modification, and some cancers caused by smoking cessation and screening for early detection. Although we have made progress, many challenges remain.
Walsh
Judith M E
JM
Division of General Internal Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 1701 Divisadero St., Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA. jwalsh@medicine.ucsf.edu
McPhee
Stephen J
SJ
D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D011322:Primary Prevention; D012307:Risk Factors