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By Carl E. Bartecchi and Robert W. Schrier. 224 pp. Pueblo, CO, MFTP Publications, 2008. Available for download, free of charge, at www.healthierlongerlife.org.

As Paul S. Frame observed at a meeting of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in the early 1990s, "An ounce of prevention is a ton of work." This observation remains true today, and Carl Bartecchi and Robert Schrier have done much of the heavy lifting necessary to make an important contribution to the field of preventive health. Their book is designed as a resource for clinicians and the educated lay public to use as an authoritative resource on reducing the risk of premature death and disease caused by unhealthy behaviors and promoting health. It is available for patients and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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