A lot of people it seems live in physical pain, after billions of dollars and decades of research, why is this

Question

Also, after all this money and medical research why can't conventional western medicine have a cure for arthritis, or cancer or diabetes or Hiv? What are they doing with all of that research money?

Answer 1

I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, started at 21 and now I am 49! My theory for what it is worth, they have CURES for many conditions. However, economically what would happen IF they handed over one pill to cure RA? First the Rheumatologists would be fired, followed by Radiologists, PT, Occupational Therapists, Physicians, Nurses, all the way down the line to the Pharmaceutical Companies. Hey that is a lot of people unemployed and a massive cost to the Global Economy! I once read somewhere that Arthritis cost America the same as the entire Vietnam War but every year! Now do you really want to CURE all these people? Arthritis and ill health is now a Business and a nice profit making business, they are no longer interested in pain, disability, but profits!

Answer 2

Finally some one else had the same question as me!I have been wondering that for sometime.I ask my parents how come with all the money being collected for research for disease,i understand there wont be cures for all the disease,but how come there arent more cures than there are.

I am not a doctor and this is my opinion,
I think maybe if they could save everyone with treatment the earth would be over populated and more doctors and nurses would be out of jobs.I hope that wouldnot be the reason for holding back cures,that is just a thought as to why there may not be cures for more diseases.Again this is my opinion.Sorry i didnot really answer your question,i just thought i would let you know what i think the reason might be!!

i have read other answers and they say it takes a lot..but finding the cure has been going on for sometime you think the would be more cures then there are.Alot of money has been donated you think there would be something out.Instead of helping the symptoms focus on the cure..Helping the symptoms wont cure it which is what we need.

Answer 3

Right now they can only treat the symptoms, and not cure the diesase. You can slow down the disease process, but not take it away completly. That is why there is medical research going on, on a daily basis to fix the issue and not just treat the symptoms. You have stright FDA guide lines,, and they may find a drug or treatment that cures you for good, but then inturn it damages the liver, heart, or other vital organs. You have to look at the whole body and not just the HIV, or diabetes, because these have different effects on the bodies natural processes.

Answer 4

Apparently it takes a lot to cure tough diseases......