CURE Quote
By the time the FDA had approved the drug for social anxiety, and SmithKline had unleashed its direct-to-consumer ad campaign, which could now link social anxiety to its cure, Paxil, hundreds of stories about the illness had cropped up in U.S. publications and on broadcast programs. Social anxiety was everywhere, in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Town and Country, on The Howard Stern Show and Good Morning America, and huge numbers of Americans were now worrying they might have it. Patients began asking their doctors about Paxil in droves, having diagnosed themselves with social anxiety.
— Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer, 2007-
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Theory of Cure: A History
The cause is proven by a cure. In 2016, I was working to update the book Healthicine, the Arts and Sciences of Health and Healthiness, which had been published several years before when I realized I could not find a useful … Continue reading
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What Means “Cured”?
“In theory, theory and practice are the same, in practice, they are not.” – unknown theorist. Theory of Cure An illness consists of a set of present causes and the negative consequence of those causes. An illness element consists of … Continue reading
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The Supplement Problem is Not What We Think
“Treat symptoms, Improve Healthiness, Cure Illness” The suggestion that the government bureaucracies should regulate supplements like they regulate drugs. This concept can be caused by simplified view that often leads to misunderstanding:
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How to CURE any (curable) problem, and Know it is Cured
Usually, we think of curing an illness or a disease, but we often use the word cure for other problems. We might wish to find a ‘Cure’ for Turkey’s Ills, or claim that Rube Goldberg found the cure for self-isolation boredom or cure the quarantine … Continue reading
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Do Communities have “Spirits?”
To have, or to be, that is the question. Do communities have spirits? Or are they spirits? Image from the book by Zygmunt Bauman. What is a community? What is “not” a community? Is there a “black community” in the … Continue reading
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