Preventive

Well, this clearly does not seem to be the case, at least according to a new study by Jean Ko and colleagues from Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, just published in Preventive Medicine.

Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » When will Health Professionals Understand Obesity? 2008

Here’s a line from page 284: “Preventive is preferable to preventative because it has one fewer syllable.”

2009 May « Motivated Grammar 2009

Here’s a line from page 284: “Preventive is preferable to preventative because it has one fewer syllable.”

Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar 2009

The efforts to prepare a detailed blueprint for survival took a step forward last month when senior government and military officials and other experts, organized by a joint Stanford-Harvard program called the Preventive Defense Project, met behind closed doors in Washington for a day-long workshop.

Boing Boing 2007

And at that time, the Ordnance Corp, which later became the Ordnance Department, decided to install a new program called Preventive Maintenance.

Veterans Day Exclusive: ‘The Spirit’ Creator Will Eisner’s Wartime Memories 2008

In 1799 Beddoes opened what became known as the Preventive Medical Institution for the Sick and Drooping.

American Connections James Burke 2007

In 1799 Beddoes opened what became known as the Preventive Medical Institution for the Sick and Drooping.

American Connections James Burke 2007

The net result -- a curious, delayed dividend for the western world -- is that the Communists have lost whatever influence they had, and special legislation, known as the Preventive Legislation Act, rigorously applied makes it certain that few Communist leaders ever see the outside of a prison.

India Today 1950

To report a dead bird on base, please call the Preventive Medicine Division at 982-6358 or

Ventura County Star Stories 2010

If you know of any sources of standing water or potential mosquito breeding sites on-base, please call the Preventive Medicine Division at 982-6358 or 982-6316.

Ventura County Star Stories 2010