"Bew" <qw@nonamewhatsover> wrote in message
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"Rich Shewmaker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:Oh , are these the real scientists who developed all these lovely
drugs
Quoted message said:we
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:have today , none of which would seem to actually cure anything . The
same
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:ones who have all the answers on all things ?
You may sneer all you like, but modern medications are a boon to
mankind.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Some do "actually cure" disease and save lives. Others are wonderfully
palliative. Some maintain quality of life far higher and longer that
would
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:otherwise be possible.
And, oops, you made another absolutely silly statement. You could search
for
Quoted message said:years and you would never find a scientist or physician who claims to
have
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:"answers on all things." Especially scientists. When all the answers are
found, all the scientists will have to look for new careers.
--Rich
Oh , cool . There are thousands and thousands of drugs out there , out of
the thousands of these drugs it should be real easy to come up with a
list
Quoted message said:of 100 that are designed to actually CURE anything , that would be a fair
question .
Antibiotics cure bacterial infections. There are hundreds of them...make
your own list.
Several chemotherapeutic agents cure childhood leukemias.
Vaccines prevent viral diseases, and prevention trumps cure.
Insulin certainly does not cure diabetes, but it makes it possible for
diabetics who would otherwise have died young to lead long productive lives.
Epinephrine and antihistamines and steroids cure acute allergy attacks (but
not the underlying allergy).
I am using the word "cure" here in the loose lay sense; the word is seldom
used by physicians. So far as I know, there is no condition which can be
"cured" by alternative medicine that is incurable by conventional medicine
(although such claims are often made.)
--Rich