The sad thing is that most of these deaths could be prevented with early diagnosis.
If all these were implemented, the researchers suggest premature birth could be prevented for 58, 000 babies.
He said falls could be prevented by measures such as encouraging the elderly to take weight-bearing exercise.
Small businesses could be prevented from getting the resources and support they need to keep their doors open.
She said although the chances of being attacked were remote, about a third of them could be prevented.
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But by introducing tolls at the same time, the extra traffic could be prevented from filling the new capacity.
He said the investigation would focus on understanding what had happened and how it could be prevented from happening again.
It said that 80 percent of lung cancer deaths could be prevented with CAT scans, just by revealing the tumor.
The evidence suggests as many as a third of hospital admissions could be prevented with better systems in place in the community.
The good news is that many of these deaths could be prevented.
At least 13, 000 premature deaths from cancer could be prevented each year in the UK, says the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).
The NEJM study includes evidence suggesting that many rehospitalizations could be prevented.
It is estimated that about a third of cancers could be prevented by eating healthily, taking regular exercise and maintaining a healthy weight.
Experts agree that maternal deaths could be prevented if women had access to basic medical care during pregnancy, delivery and immediately after childbirth.
There are about 70, 000 new cases of skin cancer diagnosed in the UK each year, many of which could be prevented by avoiding overexposure to UV light.
Professor John Toy, from Cancer Research UK, one of the project funders, said that more than half of all cancers could be prevented by changes to lifestyle.
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But she said the risk of complications could be reduced if it could be discovered why the women went past their delivery date - and this could be prevented.
The Imperial Cancer Research Fund, which was behind two of The Lancet's studies, said up to 500 deaths a year could be prevented if women were treated within six months of symptoms developing.
They looked at whether deaths from heart disease, stroke and 10 cancers linked with poor diet could be prevented in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, if everyone switched to the typical English diet.
The study's statistician, Harvard University's Robert Glynn, estimates that about 250, 000 heart attacks, strokes, hospitalizations and cardiac deaths could be prevented over five years if people with good cholesterol and high hs-CRP levels were taking statins.
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This is a tragedy, especially with Americans presenting with significant numbers of preventable health problems that could be prevented or corrected with the proper forms of recreational activities and exercises: some forms of obesity, heart disease, mild forms of depression, etc.
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Tourist buses could also be prevented from stopping or re-routed along other streets.
This would mean, for example, that in implementing the Vickers report on banks, the UK could not be prevented from requiring UK banks to hold more capital - or liquidity - than required under EU regulations.
U.S. commercial banks -- which actually extend the loans in support of U.S. grain sales and which are, in turn, "covered" by risk-free taxpayer guarantees -- could possibly be prevented from proceeding in the case of transactions involving grain that has not yet left the United States.
Mr Foster added statistics had found that about 95% of all road collisions were caused by human error which suggested they could and must be prevented.
About half a million women die each year during pregnancy and childbirth from complications that could easily be treated or prevented if they had access to appropriate care.
"The public's going to be furious when they find out that this could have been prevented, " said Sen.
These infants were too young to be vaccinated, and their deaths are a tragedy that could have been prevented.
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