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...anyone ever does discover a cure for the common cold, he or she will be a shoo-in for a Nobel Prize. Not only are colds enormously costly--$10 billion annually in lost wages and productivity in the U.S. alone--but they're almost impossible to prevent. Colds are caused by hundreds of different viruses from several major viral families, virtually ruling out the possibility of a single, one-shot-stops-all vaccine. Treatment is further complicated because the disease is a moving target. Rhinoviruses, which account for about 40% of all colds, attack mainly in the fall and spring...
...media as a breakthrough, although Dr. Ronald Turner, a pediatrician at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston who helped direct the research, was quick to add a dose of caveat. "We've got a ways to go," he insists, "before we can say the word cure...
...infection, yet most people aren't aware that they are coming down with a cold until a few days after they have been exposed. And since colds are relatively minor nuisances from which most patients recover on their own, drugmakers have an extra burden to prove that their cure isn't more hazardous than the disease. "In our small study group we didn't see any side effects," Turner notes. "But if you give it to a million people, you might find a different answer...
...United States address issues of death inadequately and dying in their training programs, offering on average zero to four hours of relevant lecture time. Only five of the 126 U.S. medical schools have a separate required course on the care of the dying. Physicians are taught how to cure diseases, heal patients and save lives at almost all costs, but not how to cope with life's inevitable final chapter...
...have children. Yet there have been 10 births among the 63 who tested positive. "Part of it is life affirming," says Brandt. "They say having children gives a sense of normalcy to their lives." As for their children's health prospects, he says, "they're confident of a cure." The data also show 10 new marriages among those who found they have the gene. The spouse is often the person who served as confidant during the sessions...