There is no evidence HSA members are more likely to defer needed care or common-sense preventive measures such as routine physicals or mammograms.

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Few were taking preventive measures, such as cholesterol-lowering drugs, which, studies indicate, would have obviated surgery for up to half of them.

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The platform represents the collective engagement of local government structures and efforts of the citizens of the city to develop preventive disaster mitigation measures from a long-term perspective.

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Google recognizes the Web's power to publicize and offers Web masters a simple interface to remove their own pages from its index. (Type "remove" into Google to get started.) Other preventive measures include putting sensitive info behind password-protected walls and attaching so-called robot files to Web sites that tell search engines not to index a particular page or site.

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In any case, preventive measures can reduce the possibility of all these problems -- from making sure one's vaccines are up-to-date to drinking only bottled water.

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Combining dark roads with end-of-day exhaustion and stress is a recipe for disaster, but preventive measures can help.

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