How Not to Get Sick

Courtesy TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Fri, 06/12/2009 - 13:25

The Obama Administration wants hospitals, doctors and patients across the country to make a commitment to prevention.

That means ditching bad habits, eating right, exercising and spotting danger signs early


 

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