CURE Quote
These observations bring us to a new conceptual model of cancer—
and to turtles, rabbits, and birds.
It’s a barnyard pen of cancers. The goal is not to let any of the animals escape
the pen to become deadly. But the turtles aren’t going anywhere anyway. They are the indolent, nonlethal cancers. The rabbits are ready to hop out at any time. They are the potentially lethal cancers, cancers that might be stopped by early treatment. Then there are the birds. Quite simply: they are already gone. They are the most aggressive cancers, the ones that have already spread by the time they are detectable, the ones that are beyond cure. Screening can only help with the rabbits. The turtles don’t need help; the birds can’t be helped. The turtles create the problem of overdiagnosis (more on that later), the birds create the problem of limited benefit.— H. Gilbert Welch, Less Medicine, More Health : 7 Assumptions That Drive Too Much Medical Care, 2015-
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The Cure is to Address the Cause
Every illness has a cure. How can we find the cure? Every illness has a cause. How can we find the cause? It’s obvious that every illness has a cure, obvious that every illness has a cause, but most of the time, when … Continue reading
I Cured my Plantar Fasciitis and Nobody Gives a Damn
According to MERCK, the authoritative manual of diagnosis and therapy, there is no known cure for plantar fasciosis, AKA plantar fasciitis, AKA Calcaneal Spur Syndrome. The 2011 edition ends its analysis with “For recalcitrant cases, physical medicine, oral corticosteroids, and … Continue reading
The Entireties of Illness, Disease and Cures
The healthiness of each individual is whole, extending to and including our illnesses. As we move from healthiness to unhealthiness – we might become ill. Sometimes, illness can attack even the healthiest person. “Every illness can be cured. No disease can be … Continue reading
The Un-science of Clinical Studies
The double blind placebo controlled clinical trial is often touted as the foundation of scientific medical studies. But the science of medicine is broken. The double blind placebo controlled clinical trial is at the heart of the problem that has … Continue reading
Solving the Mysteries of Anecdotal Cures
“Every illness can be cured. No disease can be cured.” – the Healthicine Creed Is that sense, or nonsense? It depends on your definitions, your definition of illness, and your definition of disease, and your definition of cured.