An Ounce of Prevention May Equate to a Pound of Cure

Pound of prevention, ounce of cure?

An ounce of prevention, a pound of cure.

“An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure”

767 J Clin Psychiatry 68:5, May 2007 he future of child and adolescent psychiatry lies in the identification of prodromal presentations and risk factors associated with the onset and progression of psychopathology. Only once we begin to understand the early clinical manifestations of psychiatric disorders and the risk factors, genetic and environmental, associated with illness onset and outcome...

An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure

Hypothesis: in COPD, a pound of cure may be better than an ounce of prevention.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is currently the fourth leading cause of death in the USA. Its defining feature is limitation of expiratory airflow, which is usually relentlessly progressive. Current therapies have meaningful, but limited benefits. For those who have resting hypoxaemia, supplemental oxygen improves survival. Rehabilitation can improve health status and exercise per...