PRO meaning in Medical ?

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What is Prophylactic mean?

Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, consists of measures taken for disease prevention. Disease and disability are affected by environmental factors, genetic predisposition, disease agents, and lifestyle choices, and are dynamic processes which begin before individuals realize they are affected. Disease prevention relies on anticipatory actions that can be categorized as primal, primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.

Each year, millions of people die of preventable deaths. A 2004 study showed that about half of all deaths in the United States in 2000 were due to preventable behaviors and exposures. Leading causes included cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, unintentional injuries, diabetes, and certain infectious diseases. This same study estimates that 400,000 people die each year in the United States due to poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle. According to estimates made by the World Health Organization (WHO), about 55 million people died worldwide in 2011, two thirds of this group from non-communicable diseases, including cancer, diabetes, and chronic cardiovascular and lung diseases. This is an increase from the year 2000, during which 60% of deaths were attributed to these diseases.

Preventive healthcare is especially important given the worldwide rise in prevalence of chronic diseases and deaths from these diseases. There are many methods for prevention of disease. One of them is prevention of teenage smoking through information giving. It is recommended that adults and children aim to visit their doctor for regular check-ups, even if they feel healthy, to perform disease screening, identify risk factors for disease, discuss tips for a healthy and balanced lifestyle, stay up to date with immunizations and boosters, and maintain a good relationship with a healthcare provider. In pediatrics, some common examples of primary prevention are encouraging parents to turn down the temperature of their home water heater in order to avoid scalding burns, encouraging children to wear bicycle helmets, and suggesting that people use the Air Quality Index (AQI) to check the level of pollution in the outside air before engaging in sporting activities. Some common disease screenings include checking for hypertension (high blood pressure), hyperglycemia (high blood sugar, a risk factor for diabetes mellitus), hypercholesterolemia (high blood cholesterol), screening for colon cancer, depression, HIV and other common types of sexually transmitted disease such as chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea, mammography (to screen for breast cancer), colorectal cancer screening, a Pap test (to check for cervical cancer), and screening for osteoporosis. Genetic testing can also be performed to screen for mutations that cause genetic disorders or predisposition to certain diseases such as breast or ovarian cancer. However, these measures are not affordable for every individual and the cost effectiveness of preventive healthcare is still a topic of debate.

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Perry Ia	Airport Code
Progressive Dig	Business
Prophecy International Holdings, LTD.	Business
Public Relations Office	Business
Photographic Research Organization	Business
People, Resources, and Organizations	Business
Practical Regional Opportunity	Business
Performance Rights Organization	Community
Public Research Organization	Community
Punk Rock Orchestra	Community
Professional Recreation Organization	Community
Proverbs	Community
People Relating to Others	Community
Pittsburgh Relies On	Community
Pray Review Organize	Community
Positive Recreation Opportunities	Community
Planning and Reporting Officer	Computer and Networking
Peking Ragnarok Online	Computing
Portable Remote Object	Computing
Prolog File	Computing
Protections of Rights of Others	Computing
DOS graphics PROfile file	Computing
Propy	Cryptocurrency
Graphics Profile File (dos)	File Type
Profile Configuration Data	File Type
Prolog Language Source Code File	File Type
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Peer Review Organizations	General
Progressive Rotating Order	General
Patient Reported Outcomes	General
Professional Referee Organization	General
Performance Reliability Opportunity	General
Personnel Relations Officer	General
Pumpability Reference Oil	General
Professional Racers Organization	General
Professional Restylers Organization	General
Ford Probe	General
Probing Rectal Orifices	General
Progressive Re-integration Opportunity	Governmental
Public Record Office	Governmental
Paddock Radical Options	Governmental
Public Records Office	Governmental
Pride, Respect, and Opportunity	Governmental
In Favor Of	Governmental
Public Record Office (UK Government)	Governmental
Predicament, Response, and Outcome	Governmental
Peer Review Organization	Healthcare
Philippine Ragnarok Online	Internet
Predictable Research Online	Internet
Phillipines Ragnarok Online	Internet
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Performance Reward Options	Jobs
Privilege, Responsibility, and Opportunity	Jobs
Professional Rental Owner	Jobs
Patient Reported Outcome	Medical
Patients’ Rights Organization	Medical
Peer Review Organisation	Medical
Physician Review Organization	Medical
Professional Review Organisation	Medical
proflavin	Medical
PROgesterone	Medical
proline	Medical
prolyl	Medical
Pronation	Medical
PROtein	Medical
Prophylactic	Medical
Professional	Messaging
Priority Repair Order	Military and Defence
Proper Ram-air Orientation	Military and Defence
Perfectly Respectful Obedience	Military and Defence
Personnel Recovery Officer	Military and Defence
Precision Residue Opener	Physics Related
Provencal, Old (to 1500)	Regional
Proceed	Space Science
Public Relations Officer	Space Science
Professional Rugby Organization	Sports
Pittsburgh Roleplaying Organization	Sports
Player Referee Organization	Sports
Player Run Organization	Sports
Professional (for Licensed Professionals Only)	Web Technology