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The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide. -- Larry Elder
So much of what we are currently seeing as far as human suffering and misery comes from diseases that should have been preventable but were not. -- Francis Collins
It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death. -- Christy Turlington
A high nutrient diet, if widely adopted, could bring millions of people in touch with true hunger, and stop the proliferation of obesity and preventable chronic disease. -- Joel Fuhrman
When I was growing up, hand washing was a ritual, but now it's a necessity. A child dies every 15 seconds from preventable causes, which has got to stop. -- Kajol
We must urge a national dialogue on better methods of curbing preventable gun violence, and address the need for mental health awareness and access to psychiatric services in this country. -- Charles B. Rangel
With tens of thousands of patients dying every year from preventable medical errors, it is imperative that we embrace available technologies and drastically improve the way medical records are handled and processed. -- Jon Porter
A significant number of research studies have documented that heart disease is easily and almost completely preventable through a diet rich in plant produce and lower in processed foods and animal products. -- Joel Fuhrman
It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires. -- Ed Markey
Go to the doctor, get a checkup, and get Pap smears regularly. Cervical cancer is very preventable, and if you catch it early, there are tons of ways to treat it as well. -- Mandy Moore
Think about it: Heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths in the U.S. and worldwide than everything else combined, are completely preventable by making comprehensive lifestyle changes. Without drugs or surgery. -- Dean Ornish
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month is celebrated each May, and becomes a chance for our Nation to become more familiar with the effects of this disease, and about the preventable steps that we can take to deal with it. -- Lois Capps
I have spent too long with too many people who have lost loved ones to healthcare-associated infections not to be determined to act on this. There is no tolerable level of preventable infections. The only acceptable strategy is a zero-tolerance strategy. -- Andrew Lansley
Tackling malaria in a country like the Central African Republic is a huge uphill battle, and my experiences there have been a healthy dose of reality, fueling my own sense of urgency to do my part in reducing the preventable suffering of the incredible women I met. -- Mandy Moore
Each year, several million children either die or suffer irreparable developmental defects because of vitamin A deficiency. Countless others are harmed by malnutrition and starvation. Yet many of these deaths would be preventable if we addressed them head on and used the tools that exist to stop them. -- Richard J. Roberts
The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced the loss first hand, I am inspired to do everything I can to break the cycle and prevent families from losing loved ones to this preventable disease. -- Monica Potter
I have family members who live in Africa. Because of the family that lives there, I know what is happening in these countries, and it seems so silly to me that diseases like malaria are so prevalent when they are entirely preventable. Yet children are still dying every 35 seconds. -- Katharine McPhee
When I jump into something, I really do it to the fullest extent that my time and energy will allow me. I'm from Texas, and to see so many people that are obese and with disorders that are preventable. They haven't been shown or told. I'm really passionate about making sure my fellow countrymen are healthy. It's a shame. -- Mehcad Brooks
Most disease is lifestyle related and preventable -- Andrew Weil
Much of modern life is preventable chronic stress injury. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils. -- Enoch Powell
I strongly believe that each preventable death is one death too many. -- Christy Turlington
Cigarette smoking is clearly identified as the chief, preventable cause of death in our society. -- C. Everett Koop
I just want people to know the facts and science and the information... measles is preventable. -- Barack Obama
Unfortunately most accidents are preventable. Planes don't fall out of the sky unless something is wrong. -- Mary Schiavo
Strokes are preventable and treatable. Prompt treatment of patients experiencing stroke saves lives and reduces disability. -- Charles W. Pickering
People don't die of old age, they die of diseases that accompany old age, and they are preventable. -- Deepak Chopra
Most people believe that aging is painful and we know that pain is from diseases that are preventable, not from aging. -- Deepak Chopra
It is better to rage against the preventable suffering/because it leads to the suggestion of gorgeous alternatives/than to express our sadness. -- Judith Malina
What is disgraceful and outrageous is that 18,000 children die of hunger every day, every one of them a preventable death. That's what the controversy should be about. -- John Powell
If we accept that there is no such thing as 'zero risk' then we should not spin the meaning of words with assertions such as 'all accidents are preventable'. -- Rob Long
Too many people have died so unnecessarily; AIDS is completely preventable, yet it's killing more kids in South Africa then everything else, and that's just not how it should be. -- Charlize Theron
Radio Wave Sickness and Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity are easily preventable and one can only wonder how much longer the insanity of modern governments is going to be allowed to continue in this area. -- Steven Magee
When a jumbo jet crashes, we will rush in with assistance, but we forget that each day 30,000 children die unnecessarily from poverty-related preventable causes - equivalent to 100 jumbo jets crashing every day. -- Benjamin Mkapa

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