Prevention is better than Cure
- Hood Jo
- Feb 2, 2016
- 1 min read

The old saying ‘prevention is better than cure’ is frequently used to make the case for more preventive measures when it comes to health and wellbeing. This sounds intuitively sensible. Why let harm run its course when it could be avoided? But is preventing harm really always the right thing to do?
There is much convincing evidence which demonstrates that investing in prevention can reap benefits when it comes to health and wellness. When making the case for greater investment the old adage of 'prevention is better than cure' crops up in a great deal of the academic and think tank literature. The rationale is that it is better to prevent problems before they arise.
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