How to pronounce “prophylactic” in English

Women have the same problem.If you just give people prophylactic iron, especially women-- this is a common one we see because of the menstrual cycle.We'll just give women more iron.

So by telling them, you then are enabling them to take whatever measures they feel are appropriate.A mom could have a prophylactic mastectomy.A dad could-- men obviously get breast cancer as well.

That's the issue. So, for example, we'll just keep writing about vitamin C since you brought it up.Why do people generally take vitamin C prophylactically?They feel sick or about to get sick.

So I was there last night.And so if you're thinking prophylactically about that in advance, you should be in good shape.

And we've got other examples of this happening.So antibiotics are given-- this blew my mind when I discovered it-- are given prophylactically to animals.

Well, I mean, I'll make an easier one.Vitamins and minerals are the easy go to because if you just take vitamin C prophylactically, so you just took it all day every day,there's consequences to that.

We're interested in stories as stories, watching them unfold.And I think emotionally, I had an unusual kind of prophylactic relationship to this material as I was using it.Kind of detachment. Yeah.

Yet, to be efficient, to focus, to develop those strengths and work with people who are strong in areas where we are not.And it made me think, what if we did that in a prophylactic way?

You're pretty dependent. And it's critical to have doctors that can make decisions for people and health care teams that can do that.On the other hand, if you're totally healthy, you're trying to decide which vitamin to take or whether to take a prophylactic statin,the locus of control is much more in the hands of the individual and the family.