Is the FDA somewhat responsible for us not being able to find cures?
114516
I 100% agree with you. Especially the dieting industries with their pills and nonsense would lose ALOT of money if a cure for obesity was revealed.
759219
Wow..thanks for the info. I truly believe in "natural cures" to prevent and cure cancer. \nI wish more people would at least look further into a natural approach such as eating an all organic diet and whole foods, herbs, etc. for a cure BEFORE going through all the pain and agony of traditional cancer treatments, chemo and synthetic drugs. \nDrugs made by the drug companies who could care less about finding a cure for cancer. If they did ..they would go out of business!
1054888
A doctor will only do what he is trained to do. He is told that these drugs are best for that condition so that is what he prescribes. If you want to blame anybody blame the pharmaceutical companies, they have a bigger control over the teaching of doctors than anybody else. They have the power and influence with the medical community and the government. A large percentage of the people in charge of the FDA retire to the private sector and to jobs with the pharmaceutical companies so why wreck their gravy train. There are alternatives that are just as effective that do not cause side effects. I have seen what they can do and it is awesome.
1060034
Sometimes treatment doesnt work. It didnt work on my dad, he passed away because of lung cancer.  But it did work for my mom, that is a breast cancer survivor.  So it's not up to us or the doctors who are the lucky ones that get to live.
281184
There is NOT YET "cure" for AIDS.  There are several approved drug treatments that seem to slow the growth of the HIV viruses (which causes AIDS), and seem to slow the progress of the AIDS disease.\nSo far, these are imperfect for several reasons; they don't work for everyone, they have serious side effects, and the virus is "learning" to overcome these drugs.\nCancer is actually many different diseases, with many different causes, affecting many different parts of the body, and with many different outcomes.  There are cures for a few types of cancer; effective treatments for many others; but there are still some types that we don't\nhave effective weapons to use against.  \n\nWell.. But i believe it is on progress. see the links below. \n\nit's happened a long time ago... when people didn't believe about long distance communication [telegraph, phone, radio], or a box which could show some pictures [tv].
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AIDS has already had some attention that lead to the development of some fairly effective anti-viral medications, but work needs to be done to make the medicine more affordable (PBS story on AIDS anti-viral medication, June 2006).\n\nCancer is problematic because work really needs to be done to identify different forms.  It seems to me very likely that different strains exist, depending on the cause (radiation, smoke inhalation, etc).\n\nObesity is a serious problem that may be a result of malfunctioning hormonal activity (gremyl?) that commands hunger activities.\n\nWeaponized smallpox is currently the greatest threat to human survival.  An appropriate response needs to be formulated to save more than 10% of the world population if some fool decides to release it.\n\nOn a personal level, asthma makes going to bars around here torture.  Smoke is hell.  Without the asthma, I could have enjoyed myself.  By the time that gets fixed I'll probably be too old to enjoy it.
231074
I think so. I get mine in India (under the name Nimulide), but the doctor who prescribed it for me said that it was not FDA approved in the US
209856
No, there's no known cure.
1123102
There is probably a cure.  But no one makes money on cures only on Diseases.
334532
That's just one more side of all this problem, and the previous answer is rigth too.. The drugs find most of the consumer in the USA, and meanwhile in Latin America we haven't been able to have the economical growth needed, and that's a very profitable business!!!\n\nBut this is only a part of it, as i have been said, those lots of sides of the story should be known, studied, and solved TOGHETER!\n\nWhy don't we all take a break on this issue, as the congress men, and maybe we'll comeback with a whole bunch of information and good new ideas.lol.
132318
Yeah I do believe there are. if you think about it this way the FDA is influenced by the drug companie. The drug companies are interested in making money but if they make you better then you don't need their drugs.\n\nexample:\nthere is a petition that the fda is considering to limit how when and whitch drugs we get.\n\nthere is a almost complete way to control Diabites though hurbs and the like but a drug company bought it and will not release it because they make more money selling insilin.
500505
If it is herbal you do not need a license but you can also not claim a cure. It takes a patent and scientific testing to get anywhere.
994625
I think we do have a cure for cancer, but people are soo greedy for money that they don't put it out. Cuz like...a cure would be a one time treatment, but to slow down symptoms like we do now, you need to continuously keep buying medicines and stuff. So in the long run, they make more money that way.
579549
Same as the first answer. As far as I know they havn't found a cure yet.
806301
NO..it should completely cure it..not cause it.
610733
There are many possibilities but none are provided by the FDA check the site below.
416896
There are many alternative cures, the best way to find out about what is out there is to keep searching. I found a great web site just follow the link there is loads of info.