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Question

Why is it that disease and illness can't be conquered? With all the technology available and all the money spent on things that have no value, why can't there be a cure found to prevent the horrible illnesses that are prevalent in the world...?????

Answer 1

Many diseases mutate so quickly that effective treatments are obsolete not long after they are produced and in circulation for a few years.

Also, too many people only take half their prescribed course of treatment, and then because they feel better decide they don't need to take the rest of the medicine. That's how superbugs get started.

Pharmaceutical companies are in the business to "treat" illnesses, and not "cure" illnesses. If a pharmaceutical company was engaged in making drugs to CURE an illness, then .. what's the point of having a drug company? They only make money when you're sick, not when you're cured forever.

Cures come from scientific research - universities, colleges, special foundations established for a specific illness (private money).

Think about that.

Answer 2

You dream of paradise, where there is no illness. The more you try conquering over all diseases, the more fancy and rare ones come up. Loook at the mosquitos- has man won over this small creature? The Plasmodia it carries in its belly that causes malaria is even much smaller than the mosquito- have we been able to do anything about it yet? It is the fight of THEIR survival over our requirement and wish to remain infection and disease free. What we require is concerted all out efforts.

Answer 3

We are only at the start of understanding how the human body works. As we learn more, we will also be able to understand better disease processes, and have better opportunities to thwart them.

But, still, many diseases have been virtually eradicated in the US in our lifetime, for example childhood diseases like polio, mumps, measles, chicken pox, whooping cough, etc.

Also the average lifespan for a male in 1900 was only 45, now it is above 75. That means that during the 20th century, for every minute you lived, medical progress was able to extend your life an additional twenty seconds...it's incredible progress.

Answer 4

strides are being made everyday-case in point-ever see anyone die of measles ?happened all the time in the 18oo's.problem is,organic forms are always mutating-take the aids virus-it changes constantly.antibiotics cant cure viral illnesses like aids.antiviral medicines are not a certain cure,as viruses change all the time,its their survival strategy-that means,antiviral meds have to be constantly changed and updated.even still,look at the changes---when aids first bagan in the early 80's,people died of it quickly.now,people with hiv are living longer,living healthier,and not progressing to full-blown aids as quickly-now theres reason to hope.that being said,humansare part of nature.we are not designed or meant to live for ever.eventually,the human body ages,immunity breaks down,and we become vulnerable to disease.disease will never entirely be eliminated from this planet.if it were,no one would ever die,we'd continue to procreate-where would all these immortal people live? still,more people are living to 100 and beyond,than ever before.personal responsibility is also part of it-u can have access to the best medicine in the world,but if u rarely excercise,eat fried foods,reject fruits and vegetables,smoke,drink to excess-then,a choice has been made by the patient...and its not a good one !!!!!

Answer 5

because diseases change faster than we can cure them all. as soon as we get close to curing something, it changes and were back to where we started. look at the flu. its been around for hundreds of years and even though we have vaccines people still die from it. It mutates to survive. the world will never be disease free.

Answer 6

Because humans weren't built to last forever. Cells in the body age and breakdown, bacteria is constantly evolving, cancer cells are basically a mutated cell (don't know why it becomes mutated, many things can cause it in the world) that grows quickly and keeps dividing until it kills it's host. May be if we were robots we'd live forever. haha

Answer 7

As the world changes so do diseases....what might help today tomorrow will be useless because diseases learn to adapt to medications and not to mention since we are all different what might work for one person not necessarily another.......therefore like everyone said mutation and such prevail

Answer 8

Hmm. I beleive that there is a cure for nearly all diseases, I just think perhaps it is only for those with deep pockets, and that are on the A list. Our country is smarter than you think.

Answer 9

I believe there is.
I also believe that the companies want profits, so the cures will only go to those who can afford it, and who will not tell the rest of the world about it.

Answer 10

Well, that's easy AND hard. Because disease "germs" keep changing, mutating and morphing into others, so by the time you figure one out, there's 3 more out there. Make sense?