preventative
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They have the ability to pay for services like direct-to-consumer diagnostics and screening, preventative care, concierge medicine, and nutritional products and supplements.
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
Verocai also recommends routine veterinary care, including parasite testing, as well as preventative medications for worms and ticks.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
She added government-funded research showed that pollution is still happening when owners were applying spot-on treatments correctly, so the current advice on application was wrong, as was failing to advise against preventative treatment.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
In Leeds, one multi-academy trust is adopting a similar preventative approach to Neets as Sefton Council, but this time targeting students from the age of 12.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
Maya suspected that they were doing a lot of preventative work to make sure that they hadn’t monumentally screwed her up.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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