Cure is a medical term that describes a condition that has gone away and won’t return. It is important to understand what this means because it can help you feel more hopeful when dealing with a difficult diagnosis, like cancer.
A cure is a treatment that can completely remove the disease or its symptoms from the body, without it ever returning (also called eradicating). The development of antibiotics and more recently advances in cancer treatments have allowed for numerous cures to be developed for diseases such as tuberculosis, leukemia, and various types of cancer.
In clinical care and research, specific endpoints are often defined to be able to compare outcomes of different treatment options and to determine whether or not a particular therapy has the potential to be curative. Examples include no recurrence of cancer or sustained virological response (SVR) in chronic hepatitis C infection.
Many factors determine your risk of getting a certain disease, including genetics and lifestyle. But, there are also things you can do to decrease your risk by taking action before you develop a disease. This includes eating well, being physically active, and avoiding smoking or drinking excessively.
Our CURES program helps people with certain medical conditions, like diabetes or heart disease, stay financially stable while they’re unable to work. It helps keep a roof over their heads and allows them to spend time on their health so they can get back to working full-time.
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