It doesn't take a brain surgeon... or a cardiologist... or a pediatrician... or even a policy wonk to figure out that a penny's worth of preventive care is worth many dollars of sick care.
He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.
The lowest-hanging fruit in preventative medicine is just to really focus on nutrition.
Preventative medicine has to be the direction we go in. For example, if colon cancer is detected early - because a person knew he had a genetic risk and was having frequent exams - the surgery is relatively inexpensive and average survival is far greater than 10 years.
I'm a preventative doctor.
I think one of the most underreported and untouted benefits of the Affordable Care Act is the real investments we are finally making in this country in prevention.
Imagine an America where the health care system is dramatically improved simply because people need to go to the doctor less. Preventive health care, aka taking care of your own body, is a sensible way to go!
Both times I had cancer? Preventative medicine. Caught 'em both early. I'll take physicals anytime I can get one.
It's simply a tragedy that anyone today goes blind from glaucoma, when it's so unnecessary.
