Work Title: Prevention is Difficult-But Possible - Allen J. Orehek, M.D. - Medical Prevention Center. MEDICAL PREVENTION DEFINED: A new area of medicine that combines different concepts into a philosophy of medical care. It applies the science of medicine to the motivated and unique individual. Working at the level of the individual to detail prevention of disease states, Medical Prevention does not apply general guidelines that cover large populations. It is sometimes controversial, as some links to prevention have only superficial evidence and the specific subject has not been completely evaluated or studied in medical science-that will take years. Most people can prevent Alzheimer's disease and dementia, heart- and stroke-related incidents, and cancers from spreading by asking their health care team to conduct tests that will show any proclivity to these events-even when they are currently not having symptoms. Health care teams are often unwilling to recommend these tests because they are subject to the standard operating procedures of health insurance companies. Many tests, however, can provide patients with valuable information about the state of their arteries, their organs, and their brains; patients and doctors can use this information to create a disease-prevention plan that can help them avoid disease states later in their lives. I am a doctor, but I am not your doctor. Taking preventive care of your body is not easy, it requires work; you have to arrange and coordinate a good deal of information. The information needs to be evaluated for accuracy and applied to your unique situation. This book is an introduction to a trillion-dollar industry. The prevention of medical conditions is just at the genesis of creation. We are in the stone ages, or whatever prehistoric time was before that. Currently, medical recommendations allow cancers to spread rather than simply treating and curing them. We should be preventing cancer by removing a mass of cells while it is in the pre-cancerous stage. We should be preventing Alzheimer's dementia. This work will explain what you should be doing to help save your life. How did doctors get so far away from the science and medicine that used to be at the heart of the profession? What happened is a toxic concoction of pressures from nonmedical agendas. The list of ingredients for this chemical spill includes legal concerns, insurance company profits, malpractice worries, doctor and provider training by a less-than-accurate system, cost-based task forces, understudied advances in medicine, the simple breadth of medicine, psychological abandonment of patients, and so on. We have bred many providers of health care and neglected physicians of medicine. HYPOTHESIS: "Most dementia is caused by nine categories of primary factors as they interact to cause micron strokes to the brain." I established MPC so if you are a motivated individual you can visit us online, and you will be asked questions like "How big are the blockages in your neck?" "What is the size of your left atrium?" "When was the last scope to your stomach?" This is a very uncommon approach to health care. You will be stimulated into correctly understanding your body. If you are well informed, then you will have a better idea what questions you should ask when you see a health care provider about your medical problems. "The consequences of some medical conditions are so severe that they need to be taken very seriously even if there is only a very small chance that they could exist." We are able to prevent the spread of cancer, prevent sudden cardiac death, and most importantly prevent Alzheimer's dementia. This work will be loved and scorned at the same time. Expect this project to be widely accepted in the medical community, and also rejected. This is all about you. Enjoy. Allen J. Orehek, M.D.