CURE Quote
But even in those early years, when the prospect of the first era of cure in the history of medicine seemed to be dawning, trouble was apparent. The trouble took the form of two weaknesses of the disease theory shared by medical science of the era. The first is the fundamental place held by the idea that each disease had one and only one cause. The second was the belief that all function (as in heart function) in the body, or elsewhere in nature, is founded on structure (as in the anatomy of the heart) and that changes in function therefore imply changes in structure. So that, for example, any change in the way the heart works must follow from a change in the heart’s anatomy, microscopic or otherwise. Both ideas, on which the theory of disease is based, have been undermined by the advance of medical science.
— Cassell, Eric J., 1928-, The nature of suffering : and the goals of medicine, 1991-
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How Healthy are Our Freedoms?
Are our freedoms healthy? In healthicine, we say “Everyone has a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of healthiness” because healthiness includes all freedoms and more, and is therefore superior to freedoms. We often think of freedoms with the … Continue reading
Curing Chronic Illness
Modern medicine has no cures, no theory of cure, for chronic illness. Many disease are complex, often described as multi-factorial, leading us to give up on a cure, to resort instead to treating the symptoms, or providing a crutch. Symptoms … Continue reading
Why Can’t we Cure Scurvy?
We can’t cure scurvy. Why not? We know the cause of scurvy, in theory. Scurvy is defined as a deficiency of Vitamin C. Why is it that we can’t cure scurvy? I know what you’re thinking. Your thinking “That’s crazy, we … Continue reading
Cure Ignorance
Today’s medical theories suffer from many cure ignorances. We want to believe that medicines cure, that medicines are designed to cure, that clinical studies search for cures, that a cure is just around the corner: the Medicines Myths. In truth, most … Continue reading
A True Placebo has No Effect
Do clinical studies lie? A true placebo has no effect. Is the Gold Standard of medicine, the double blind placebo controlled trial, scientific nonsense, based on “fools gold“?