Word: cures
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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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...
...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...
...health that will enable doctors to wage pre-emptive battle. Already, testing before any symptoms appear makes possible the early treatment of some breast and colon cancers. Further down the line is the prospect of gene therapy, in which modified genes are introduced into existing cells to prevent or cure numerous diseases...
...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...