Word: cures
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...know that government is not a cure all for every social ill," she said. "I view government as a partner of families, communities and businesses addressing our common problems--it is government working side by side with the rest...
...stick with them. But because fen/phen and Redux can be dangerous if they're used too long, and they lose their effectiveness after a few months anyway, patients will eventually have to take up regular exercise and change their eating habits. Neither fen/phen nor Redux alone can "cure" obesity...
DHEA, by comparison, is the modern equivalent of a patent medicine--an interesting compound being sold as a cure-all on the basis of the flimsiest scientific evidence. Like human-growth hormone and melatonin, two other drugs being promoted as antiaging compounds, DHEA is a medically active chemical with real value that has piqued the interest of mainstream scientists. But the claims that surround DHEA--that it can restore sexual vigor, prevent cancer and heart disease, and add decades to your life--run far ahead of the science...
...receives a phone call inviting him to a dinner party in London being given by a wealthy American for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Theroux accepts and then, on the day of the occasion, conceives the idea that the Queen can somehow cure his malaise. At the party he hears and reports on royal conversations, including the Queen's comment on the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, whom she had recently met: "He had splendid hair. Fuzzy wuzzy hair!" As she is leaving, the Queen looks at Theroux and says, "You're in a frightful muddle, aren...
...stepped in to provide training and sharing of lab facilities. But the efforts are limited at best, and governments in Africa, the Far East and South America are not always receptive to international intervention. Ideally, says Morse, doctors and public-health officials would love to be able to cure every disease they encounter or, failing that, to predict where and when the next outbreak will take place. "The current system is a reactive one," he admits. "Our ability for prediction will remain limited for quite some time...