What becomes apparent at the Kunming rehabilitation centre is the province's growing emphasis on prevention and cure for an addiction that police in most other places in China would treat as a crime.
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But its priorities lie elsewhere: Big bucks research projects aimed at cure and prevention.
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Although some members of the autistic community who did not respond in this (unscientific) survey have expressed a desire for cure, the concepts of cure and prevention bother many autistic people.
For these autistics, targeting cure and prevention implies that they need to be prevented or cured, rather than appreciated and acknowledged for what they have to contribute, speaking or not, as part of the neurological diversity of the human species.
The current emphasis in the research community is on cure, prevention, and treatment.
McKeown's thesis produced a strong reaction from those who thought his aim was political to rebalance modern health-care from cure to prevention and that he had missed statistical quirks, like the stagnation of the trend toward less disease at a time when urban populations were booming.
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The world will increasingly recognise that in the case of pandemics, as with heart disease and cancer, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
It is our sincere hope that Avon and other companies steer clear of pinkwashing and that Avon use its considerable power and brand recognition to be a true leader in prevention, as well as in early detection and the search for the cure.
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Qualifying medical expenses include the costs of diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, and the costs for treatments affecting any part or function of the body.
Prevention is always better than cure, which is why Acas' advice, training and information helps organisations and businesses of all sizes develop good employment relations and find success.
Obesity prevention may be an important and cost-effective way of improving public health, but it is not a cure for increasing health expenditures.
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