1.   A conference Thursday and Friday at the National Institutes of Health will hear from researchers in a variety of preventive health areas.

2.   California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown said the organization was designed to improve access among African Americans to preventive health services.

3.   Counseling on good health practices is one of the most underused preventive health measures, the experts said, and should occur at every doctor-patient encounter.

4.   Could that money have been used on preventive health for a greater number of patients?

5.   Doctors should talk more and test less, according to the preventive health guidelines issued last week by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

6.   Dr. Stennies said she hoped the study would underscore the need to treat gun injuries as a preventive health issue.

7.   First, they said, the benefits, especially coverage for preventive health services, can prolong the lives of older Americans.

8.   Flu shots are part of a bigger trend toward greater corporate involvement in preventive health programs.

9.   From anti-smoking campaigns among adolescents to exercise programs for elderly, the value of preventive health is well-known.

10.   In a nation racing full speed into managed health care, preventive health measures will assume ever-greater importance.