Adults need to teach the children they love about sexual abuse so they know what to do if they encounter it. We need to prepare them so they know who to tell, should a violation...

This is not a cause — it might have possibly been a prevention.

The statements that I have heard are completely untrue and completely mischaracterize effective prevention programs.

And Ana remembered her father’s words, “Say no! Run! Tell me!

Prevention is a very important part of solving the problem of cancer.

The goal of the Translational Research Program is to provide researchers with the resources to advance diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of blood cancers in the near term. Dr. Dittmer’s research may lead to earlier diagnosis,...

Build a bridge over shame by teaching kids about sexual abuse. Give them a chance to run to us should they encounter it. Be their hero.

Although there has been very little rain so far this winter, mosquito prevention remains the key to preventing West Nile virus. By controlling mosquitoes now, we can reduce their populations in spring and summer.

My knee feels fine, I’m just icing it for prevention,

Games where someone wants to touch your body where your swimsuit covers or they ask you to touch their body where their swimsuit covers. Those body parts are private. No one is allowed to touch...

There is no reason to use the combination therapy for primary prevention, whereas it might be useful in patients who have already had a heart attack or stroke.

We sensible often resist intrusive love and its chaos practically, employing measures to prevent the former for fear of the latter. But for all our wit and work, that desperation for control also prevents the...

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

There’s a hurricane coming to Florida, and there will be high winds. I should probably turn off my ceiling fans, to try to mitigate the billions of dollars in damages the storm will incur.

Imagine, pretend, and play so you can become anyone you want to be. You don’t need to be afraid.

It’s essential to Florida to pass a bill that focuses on suicide prevention because of our very high numbers.

We will invest in companies developing fundamentally new platforms for detection, prevention and treatment of global, pathogenic infectious diseases. More than 15 million people worldwide die each year from infectious diseases. Over one third of...

There’s sort of like the usual prevention messages but we feel that although this has been mentioned to some point, we really need to re-emphasize it. We’re really at a point where we need to...

Sometimes I hesitate to use the term sexual abuse. It conjures up worst-case scenarios in our minds, and we think, “That will never happen to my kids.” And we never begin the conversation regarding sexual...

If you saw a spider scuttering across the floor toward your baby’s crib, you might hesitate. You might even consider trapping it in a bottle and putting it out in the yard so it could...

After forty years of working on prevention of a wide range of common and costly psychological and behavioral problems, I am convinced we have the knowledge to achieve a healthier, happier, and more prosperous society...

Right now there is a lot of emphasis on treatment, which is appropriate, but prevention is also important, and HIV testing clearly helps to avert HIV infections. For every $92 invested in free HIV testing...

A child has a greater chance of being sexually abused than burned in a fire. Along with stop, drop, and roll we must teach them to yell, run, and tell.

Neither of us asked to be born descendants, yet I’d be rewarded with his death, and we couldn’t prevent that. No one could. (Eric)

Prevention is going to be cheaper and more effective than waiting for the pandemic to occur.

Ebola virus put humanity at a great risk. We must act now and together to prevent further crisis.

I was just four when a hired teenage field hand attempted to molest me. Miraculously, I got away, and I told my dad. My father made three important choices that day: He listened to me,...

the pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because its anguish can no longer be borne. The prevention of many suicides will...

Western doctors are like poor plumbers. They treat a splashing tube by cleaning up the water. These plumbers are extremely apt at drying up the water, constantly inventing new, expensive, and refined methods of drying...

The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used...

Protecting our kids from sexual abuse is not accomplished in a single conversation, but in ongoing conversations grounded in honesty and trust.

We can have a large impact on the prevention and amelioration of abuse, drug problems, violence, mental health problems, and dysfunction in families.

When people recover from depression via psychotherapy, their attributions about recovery are likely to be different than those of people who have been treated with medication. Psychotherapy is a learning experience. Improvement is not produced...

My book, Ambassador Book one: how to take on the world and win will help to illuminate many of the obstacles that we all must face in order to succeed. You are invited on a...

When we talk with our children about sexual abuse, we are not only taking a proactive step toward protecting them, we are building our relationship with them–grounded in honesty and trust. It’s a win-win situation.

One might be led to question whether the scientists acted wisely in presenting the statesmen of the world with this appalling problem. Actually there was no choice. Once basic knowledge is acquired, any attempt at...

Unfortunately, there’s no surefire way to prevent sexual assault.