Growth charts, "curative" or "preventive"?

Action preventive et curative du methylsulfate d›antrycide dans la trypanomiase a T. eyansi

Adherence to preventive health care in children and young adults with Down syndrome (DS) in Sri Lanka.

OBJECTIVES To assess adherence to preventive care and age-appropriate screening in different age categories of Down syndrome (DS) persons. METHODS This community-based retrospective observational study on ambulatory persons with DS from different regions of Sri Lanka was carried out on 100 randomly selected individuals from a sample framework of approximately 300. Their screening behavior for...

Income-related inequalities in preventive and curative dental care use among working-age Japanese adults in urban areas: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND Preventive dental care use remains relatively low in Japan, especially among working-age adults. Universal health insurance in Japan covers curative dental care with an out-of-pocket payment limit, though its coverage of preventive dental care is limited. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that income inequality in dental care use is found in preventive, but not curativ...

Preventive but Not Curative Efficacy of Celecoxib on Bladder Carcinogenesis in a Rat Model

To evaluate the effect of a cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitor, celecoxib (CEL), on bladder cancer inhibition in a rat model, when used as preventive versus as curative treatment. The study comprised 52 male Wistar rats, divided in 5 groups, during a 20-week protocol: control: vehicle, carcinogen: 0.05% of N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl) nitrosamine (BBN), CEL: 10  mg/kg/day of the selective COX-2 inhibitor...

Effect of removing user fees on attendance for curative and preventive primary health care services in rural South Africa.

User fees are used to recover costs and discourage unnecessary attendance at primary care clinics in many developing countries. In South Africa, user fees for children aged under 6 years and pregnant women were removed in 1994, and in 1997 all user fees at all primary health care clinics were abolished. The intention of these policy changes was to improve access to health services for previousl...