Key Findings:
“We asked ourselves how many lives could we save if we simply did a better job of increasing the use of clinical preventive services,” said Thomas Farley, M.D., the study’s lead author. “The potential for prevention is big,” he said."They examined nine recommended types of preventive services, which included screening and treatment for high blood pressure and cholesterol levels, use of aspirin in people at high risk for heart disease, smoking cessation programs, cancer screenings and immunizations.""As many as 50,000 to 100,000 deaths in people under age 80 could be prevented each year if all of these preventive services were offered to and used by patients, the models suggested.""The message here is that there is “a lot of health benefit that is unrealized in America because we don’t do rather simple things that we can be doing to prevent disease or detect it at an early or treatable stage,” Schwartz said."
So, just like your car, if you have regular maintenance, you last longer.
Source: Physorg.com
