# Hygeia and Panacea: Is prevention better than cure?

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Christopher Dye
- Year: 2006
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/hygeia-and-panacea-prevention-better-cure)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Better sanitation and hygiene, coupled with immunization, have dramatically reduced illness caused by exposure to microbes. For those who do fall ill, a galaxy of drugs and medical procedures have been invented to treat conditions of all kinds. Among all these means of prevention and cure, which have made the biggest impact on human health?

## Lectures

1. [Hygeia and Panacea: Is prevention better than cure?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/hygeia-and-panacea-prevention-better-cure/673e476e3ca4) (YouTube)