Prevention Keeps Us Stayin’ Alive, Stayin’ Alive, Ah Ha Ha Ha

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🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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On this week's episode of the pod, we tackle the topic of prevention and health screenings! We set the stage by discussing the different types of prevention, and how it is harder to measure the absence of disease than the presence of disease. We talk about the way that prevention and screening recommendations are made in the US, specifically, and different governing bodies involved in the decision-making process. We give some specific examples of recommendations, starting with cervical cancer screening (Pap smears) and the impact that prevention has made on incidence of cervical cancer. We also discuss the reasons why recommendations have changed over time. Next, we discuss vitamin K shots for infants and their importance for prevention of bleeding issues. We shift gears and talk about well checks, bloodwork, and recommended adult vaccines. We close things out with a discussion of colonoscopies and colorectal cancer screening. We covered a lot of ground-- you don't want to miss this one! Check us out on Substack and Instagram: www.theunbiasedscipod.substack.com https://www.instagram.com/unbiasedscipod PLEASE NOTE: The discussion and information provided in this podcast are for general educational, scientific, and informational purposes only and are not intended as, and should not be treated as, medical or other professional advice for any particular individual or individuals. Every person and medical issue is different, and diagnosis and treatment requires consideration of specific facts often unique to the individual. As such, the information contained in this podcast should not be used as a substitute for consultation with and/or treatment by a doctor or other medical professional. If you are experiencing any medical issue or have any medical concern, you should consult with a doctor or other medical professional. Further, due to the inherent limitations of a podcast such as this as well as ongoing scientific developments, we do not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the information or analysis provided in this podcast, although, of course we always endeavor to provide comprehensive information and analysis. In no event may Unbiased Science or any of the participants in this podcast be held liable to the listener or anyone else for any decision allegedly made or action allegedly taken or not taken allegedly in reliance on the discussion or information in this podcast or for any damages allegedly resulting from such reliance.

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:19.7	Welcome to Unbiased Science science where we bring scientific method to the
0:25.2	madness. We're your hosts, Dr. Jessica Steyer and Dr. Andrea Love. And this week, we are going to
0:32.7	tackle a topic that is near and dear to both of our hearts, prevention and screening.
0:39.1	Before we get into that, a reminder to tune in to last week's episode, if you haven't already,
0:44.4	it was the second episode in a series on all things infant feeding.
0:49.3	We welcomed experts on the pod and we discussed breastfeeding, formula feeding,
0:55.1	ingredients and formula, European formula, how it compares to American formula, informal breast milk sharing,
1:01.0	and a lot more.
1:01.9	So if you missed it, definitely go back and check that out.
1:05.6	So Andrea, we often say that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I believe Benjamin Franklin
1:12.8	was the first to say that. And basically, in a nutshell, prevention is always better than
1:18.7	treatment. And being in the field of public health, this is really important to me because
1:23.9	it's harder to measure the absence of disease than the presence of it.
1:29.1	So often prevention is put on the back burner and we focus more on the treatment of
1:34.2	existing disease. So let's take a little time to shine the light on prevention and screening,
1:41.5	shall we? All right. So there are different types of prevention.
1:48.3	Really the three main types that are often discussed are primary, secondary, and tertiary,
1:53.2	but then some people include things like primordial prevention. But we're going to focus on
1:58.2	the first three. So primary prevention aims to prevent disease before it ever occurs.
2:04.2	So we're talking about things like preventing exposures to things that can cause disease or injury,
2:09.9	altering unhealthy or unsafe behaviors that could lead to disease,
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