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spreading STIs to partners, and,
specifically for HIV,
regularly taking prophylactic antiretroviral drugs, such as Truvada. Post-exposure prophylaxis, started...
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prophylactic rule is a
judicially crafted rule that
protects a
constitutional right, by
providing consequences for
violations of that right, in order...
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Prophylactic surgery (also
known as
preventive surgery or risk-reducing surgery) is a form of
surgery most
commonly intended to
minimize or
eliminate the...
- A
preventive mastectomy or
prophylactic mastectomy or risk-reducing
mastectomy (RRM) is an
elective operation to
remove the **** so that the risk of...
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transmission among hetero****ual men in high-risk po****tions by up to 60%; its
prophylactic efficacy against HIV
transmission in the
developed world or
among men...
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Prophylactic salpingectomy is a
preventative surgical technique performed on
patients who are at
higher risk of
having ovarian cancer, such as individuals...
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Antibiotic prophylaxis refers to, for humans, the
prevention of
infection complications using antimicrobial therapy (most
commonly antibiotics). Antibiotic...
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prophylaxis is the
practice of
washing a newborn's eyes with a 2%
silver nitrate solution to
protect against neonatal conjunctivitis caused by Neisseria...
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prevent their opponent from
taking some action. Such
preventive moves, or
prophylactic moves, aim not only to
improve one's
position but also to
restrict the...
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Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) is a
technique used to
combat the
occurrence of
metastasis to the
brain in
highly aggressive cancers that commonly...
