Author Archives: Tracy Kolenchuk

Every illness and every disease has two types of causes, only one of which cures. Every illness has Past Causes Epidemiological researchers speculate, it seems, that everything causes cancer. Even the simplest diseases, like scurvy – easily cured in theory … Continue reading →

The University of Ottawa suggests three views: illness, disease, sickness. What’s the difference? Which is cured? The illness is what the patient perceives, sickness is what their communities perceive, and disease is what the medical community diagnoses (perceives). There are, … Continue reading →

Illness Types An illness is a negative condition existing in the present, a hole in healthiness. Only a present illness can be cured. A present illness has present causes. A curable illness is a present illness that can be cured. This post is a summary of concepts … Continue reading →

We might like, or wish to believe that when a cure is found in a clinical study, big pharma swoops in and takes it to market. Or perhaps, when  big pharma discovers a cure, they hide it away because cures … Continue reading →

I have just published the paper A Theory of Cure on Academia.edu. The paper is a concise summary of the concepts of cure published in the book: The Elements of Cure. “The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.” … Continue reading →