Word: preventive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Chris Smith, who set the school career sacks record last week, leads the team with 6.5 sacks and 10 tackles for loss. Tackles Chris Schaefer and Jason Hughes and end Tim Fleiszer consistently prevent other teams from running the ball effectively inside, and this unit has combined for 34 tackles for loss...
That questionable secondary gave up no deep balls yesterday before Harvard switched to a more prevent-based defense in the second half...
...good cholesterol" you hope will turn up in your blood test has that name for a reason. More properly known as high-density lipoprotein (HDL), it can prevent the damage done by its evil twin, low-density lipoprotein (LDL). The latter clogs blood vessels by combining with oxygen to form a substance that sets off alarms in the immune system. White blood cells rush to attack it, and the whole mess forms into sticky globs called plaques that cling to vessel walls like mineral deposits in a water pipe. When these deposits break off and blood clots around them...
...insight into what makes good turn bad might help doctors make good cholesterol even better. It may also point the way to better drugs and explain why aspirin helps prevent heart attacks. Besides its well-known action of thinning the blood and making clotting less likely, aspirin may also tone down the inflammation that leads to plaque formation...
BREAKING THE WAVES Those prone to motion sickness who used a scopolamine patch will be relieved to know an improved version is on the market and can help prevent nausea during or after surgery...