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In that case, prophylactic measures can be taken, once confirmed and if desired.

"If the prophylactic solution is too draconian, then they need to provably come clean about what they have been up to.

Unlike most vaccines, including the HPV vaccine meant to prevent cervical cancer, this is not prophylactic, it's not meant to prevent cancer.

I wonder what sort of reaction cultures like this would have to the invention of an alcohol-neutralizing prophylactic.

If metformin works for cancer the way aspirin does for heart disease, with an overall long-term prophylactic effect, people will just take metformin.

Antibiotics are routinely included in animal feed as a prophylactic.

Consciously or not, they dress informally as a prophylactic measure against stupidity.

>Hell, didn't Angelina Jolie have a prophylactic double mastectomy?The placement of this in your post seems to imply you think she was being stupid with her decision, or thought it was in some way "hip" to do.

In the absence of small children and pets, and the taking of a prophylactic dose of antibiotics daily, my main concern is whether the people I share work and living space with are spreading their own faeces over surfaces I interact with.

[16] The likelihood of surviving to at least age 70 can be improved by several medical interventions, notably prophylactic mastectomy and oophorectomy.

One standard treatment for persistent, recurrent UTIs in women is to prescribe a prophylactic antibiotic to be taken post-coitally, which typically means that a woman takes a pill irregularly--either every time after she has sex or once a week.

The following graph from Twitter is worth far more on a per-account basis because it is directly monetizable in a way that Facebooks generally isnt you can show prophylactic advertisements to Twitter users based solely on the people they follow, and probably get a much higher rate of interest.