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Correct. Proactive medicine would be to prescribe a healthy lifestyle that’s customized for an individual. Traditional medicine like Ayurveda tries to do that.
by rqtwteye 3y ago
Correct. Proactive medicine would be to prescribe a healthy lifestyle that’s customized for an individual. Traditional medicine like Ayurveda tries to do that. It’s kind of baffling that western medicine doesn’t really think like that.
- haldujai 3y agoMedicine does care about prevention, in fact we have the USPSTF who's sole focus is prevention! With respects to diet and activity, there is a grade C recommendation to provide counseling to patients without risk factors[0] and grade B for those with risk factors[1]. Both (as with all USPSTF recommendations) have associated evidence summaries and provide rationales for the strength of the recommendations. [0] https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/healthy-lifestyle-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recomme... [1] https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recomme...