Word: curely
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Dance spoke of the Tuskegee experiment, in which 412 black men remained untreated for syphilis from 1932-72, even after penicillin was widely used as a cure, as part of a government experiment...
...give up even if you or a loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Although there is as yet no cure, and the available drugs are basically stopgap measures, there is still a lot you can do to ensure the best quality of life. Start by having a frank conversation about treatment options, and designate someone as a health-care proxy to make sure those plans are carried out. Most patients with early Alzheimer's can still make good decisions about future care...
START SWEATIN'! Walking for the cure may help raise money to fight breast cancer, but walking--briskly--can also help reduce your odds of developing the disease. The largest study yet on the subject shows that an hour or more a day of moderate to vigorous exercise may cut the risk of breast cancer by 20%. Too much for you? Try two to four hours a week, which should lower the risk...
...rate was 34.4 per 100,000.) Worse, the cultural and legal attitudes toward rape are practically medieval. In Johannesburg, where the HIV-infection rate is reckoned to be 40% among men in the "rapist" age bracket (20 to 29), many believe raping a virgin will cure HIV. Earlier this month a prominent judge sentenced a 54-year-old man who had raped his 14-year-old daughter to just seven years in prison. Because the crime took place within the family, Judge John Foxcroft explained, little harm was done to the wider community. Furthermore, he said, by the time...
Treating myopia with corneal surgery is like treating obesity with liposuction. Corneal surgery is an elective procedure that carries the risk of serious and permanent complications. Corneaplasty, now in FDA trials, could carry fewer risks. While both corneaplasty and corneal surgery are treatments for refractive errors, neither is a cure for myopia. You cannot treat myopia comprehensively just by altering the shape of the cornea. High tech may be glamorous, but it is not always the best medicine. JULIE RALLS, M.D. Newport Beach, Calif...