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\"DAGWOOD\"<\/a>Many cures are invisible. Can a doctor diagnose a cure? Can a doctor diagnose an invisible cure? Obesity is one of the most common diseases today. \u00a0Scientific American recently reported “Obesity Trends in the U.S. Reflect a Global Epidemic<\/a><\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

There’s an epidemic of obesity attacking Northern America.<\/p>\n

Let’s suppose that John has been diagnosed with\u00a0obesity and prescribed\u00a0a diet to treat\u00a0his\u00a0disease.\u00a0John tackles his\u00a0obesity, and wins. \u00a0He goes back to his\u00a0doctor and passes the diagnostic criteria. He\u00a0no longer has the disease obesity.<\/p>\n

Is John\u00a0cured? Was he cured by the treatment?<\/p>\n

We can’t\u00a0tell if John’s\u00a0obesity was\u00a0cured. There is a diagnosis for obesity. \u00a0But there is no diagnosis for cured. Obesity cures are invisible. It’s interesting to note that the medicine prescribed is to ‘not eat’ some foods. \u00a0It’s a ‘not medicine’, invisible. But it’s the only medicine that can cure obesity.<\/p>\n

“Now wait just a minute… \u00a0Maybe obesity shouldn’t be a disease?\u00a0 Maybe it’s a ‘condition’? \u00a0Maybe we can only cure diseases, but not ‘conditions’?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Frankly, that’s just word waffling. It’s called a disease, it’s called an epidemic. It can be cured. \u00a0We should be able to diagnose not just\u00a0the disease, but also the cure.<\/p>\n

“But… What if I get obesity again? Maybe it wasn’t cured, maybe it was just in remission. \u00a0Maybe the symptoms were just in remission?”<\/em><\/p>\n

That suggestion is illogical. If John’s\u00a0obesity is just in remission, then, by the same logic, he was\u00a0born with obesity,in remission. He only\u00a0needed was the right conditions for his\u00a0disease to emerge.<\/p>\n

If that’s true, then\u00a0everyone has obesity, just waiting to ’emerge’.\u00a0Nonsense.<\/p>\n

We can’t cure obesity. \u00a0 And when\u00a0we cure obesity, we can’t tell if it has been cured. \u00a0Surely this is an exception. \u00a0Or is it?<\/p>\n

Let’s look at another incurable disease: The common cold. There is no cure for the common cold. But it’s possible, commonplace actually, to get a cold, and then the cold goes away. Then, maybe a few months, perhaps\u00a0a few years later, another cold appears. Was it the same cold? \u00a0Nope. \u00a0The cold was not in remission. It was gone. And now there’s\u00a0new cold.<\/p>\n

The cold is\u00a0cured by health. Health is invisible – more so when you have a cold, but even when you have a cold, your health is working to cure it. A healthier person cures a cold faster – a person who is less healthy takes a bit longer, sometimes, a lot longer. But, according to current medical theory, there is no cure for the common cold. The\u00a0cure is invisible. There is a diagnosis for the common cold. But there is no diagnosis for ‘cured’.<\/p>\n

Cures for the common cold are invisible.<\/p>\n

Obesity is a disease when the patient is diagnosed. \u00a0It is cured, when the patient can no longer be diagnosed as being obese. \u00a0But this cure is invisible to modern medicine. Cured cannot be diagnosed.\u00a0If the patient becomes obese again, it’s a new case of obesity, with new causes. Just like the common cold. Obesity can be cured. Today, the cure was invisible. Obesity does not ‘hide’ and come back, the patient can get a ‘new case’ of obesity.<\/p>\n

Are these just strange exceptions? \u00a0Are there any other diseases that cannot be diagnosed as cured? Are there any other invisible cures?<\/p>\n

There are lots of them, actually.<\/p>\n

The top causes of death in the USA include\u00a0heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and pneumonia.\u00a0Only one is curable: pneumonia. \u00a0The rest are incurable. \u00a0If a doctor\u00a0cures heart disease or hypertension, there is no diagnosis for cured. The\u00a0cure is invisible. If a doctor cures\u00a0cancer, there is no test for cured. Medical researchers wait 5 years, and if the patient \u00a0is\u00a0still alive, without symptoms of cancer, they\u00a0are declared ‘cured’. Imagine if someone\u00a0cured pneumonia, or obesity, or the common cold, but\u00a0the only way to diagnose a\u00a0cure was to “wait 5 years”? \u00a0That’s just silly.<\/p>\n

What if someone cures “chronic” lower respiratory disease? \u00a0Is it possible to cure a chronic disease? \u00a0Yes, chronic diseases have chronic causes. \u00a0If the chronic cause is removed, the disease is cured. \u00a0But, when\u00a0chronic lower respiratory disease is cured, there is no test for cured. \u00a0The cure is invisible.<\/p>\n

Is it possible to cure Alzheimer’s? \u00a0There are lots of researchers looking for a ‘cure’. When\u00a0they find it, will the cure\u00a0be recognized, or will it\u00a0be invisible?<\/p>\n

Many people and many doctors also, claim to have ‘reversed’ their diabetes. \u00a0Is it cured? There is no diagnostic test for diabetes cured. When diabetes is cured, no one can\u00a0prove it was cured, because the cure is undefined for diabetes. Cured is invisible.<\/p>\n

We can cure pneumonia. \u00a0Pneumonia is\u00a0cured when\u00a0we address\u00a0the cause. Pneumonia is caused by an infection, a bacteria. \u00a0When we have killed all of the bacteria, the pneumonia is cured. \u00a0We can test for the bacteria, the cause and if all of the bacteria were killed, the disease has been cured.<\/p>\n

When we address the cause, the disease is cured.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What other diseases have invisible cures?<\/p>\n

Scurvy is a disease caused by a deficiency of Vitamin C. \u00a0Beriberi is a disease caused by a deficiency of Vitamin B1. \u00a0Night blindness is a symptom of Vitamin A deficiency. Each of these diseases are cured, and the cure is trivial. We cure scurvy with foods containing Vitamin C. We cure beriberi with foods containing Vitamin B1. We cure Vitamin A caused night blindness with foods containing Vitamin A, or foods like beta-carotene, that can be converted to Vitamin A by our bodies. Of course some healing may be required to complete the cure. In serious cases, where healing is not sufficient, the patient no longer has the disease – but they might have a disability caused by the disease.<\/p>\n

But, what do the medical textbooks say about deficiency diseases?<\/p>\n

MERCK’s Manual of Diagnosis and Treatment does not list a cure for any of these diseases. MERCK recommends treatments, but does not use the word cure. Nutritional diseases cannot be cured by medicines, so the cures are invisible.<\/p>\n

Lange’s Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment does not list a cure for any of these diseases. \u00a0Lange’s recommends treatments, but does not use the word cure. Nutritional diseases cannot be cured by medicines, so the cures are invisible.<\/p>\n

Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine does not list a cure for any of these three diseases. Harrison’s recommends treatments, but does not use the word cure. Nutritional diseases cannot be cured by medicines, so the cures are invisible.<\/p>\n

What about toxicity diseases? \u00a0Lead poisoning, mercury poisoning, carbon dioxide poisoning? \u00a0The same. \u00a0These diseases can be ‘treated’, according to the medical texts, but they cannot be cured. When they are cured, the cures are invisible.<\/p>\n

In “The Book of Woe”, author Gary Greenberg advises that the DSM, the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual for mental diseases does not offer a cure for any mental illness. Maybe he was surprised? If so, he simply hadn’t bothered to check any other medical reference books, like MERCK, Langes, and Harrison’s. \u00a0None defines cure, none has the word cure in the index, nor the table of contents – and none makes consistent, scientific use of the word cure. \u00a0Cure is invisible in medical textbooks. \u00a0Even when it appears, it seems almost by accident.<\/p>\n

Theory of Cure:<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the current theory of cure? Our current theory of cure cannot define cure, nor cured, for most diseases. We need a theory of cures that covers\u00a0every disease, if we are to find cures.\u00a0We need a theory of cure, so we can actually cure diseases, and declare them cured when they are cured.<\/p>\n

We need to make cures visible.<\/p>\n

We need a theory of cured for every disease. We need to start with a simple theory, and work to enhance it, improve on it, as we learn more about cures and more about theories of cures.<\/p>\n

We need a theory of cures, based on cause. When we address the cause, the disease is cured. No other theory can cure.<\/p>\n

to your health, tracy<\/p>\n

Tracy is the author of two books about healthicine:<\/p>\n