News tagged with secondary prevention

What are the most effective strategies for secondary suicide prevention?

Attempts to reduce suicide in a population do not always focus enough on high-risk patients, argues an Essay in PLoS Medicine this week that discusses different interventions for "secondary suicide prevention."

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Jun 01, 2010 | not rated yet | 1

Benefit of aspirin for healthy people is uncertain

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has shown that, while taking aspirin is beneficial in preventing heart attacks and strokes among people with established cardiovascular disease (secondary prevention), its benefits ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

May 29, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 0