Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure.
Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.
Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
I think science has begun to demonstrate that aging is a disease. If it is, it can be cured.
Gluten intolerance and celiac disease are direct results of American agriculture policy and, specifically, the government's wading into the food arena.
When World AIDS Day was first observed in 1988, there was no truly effective treatment for what was almost always a deadly disease.
The AIDS is a disease that is hard to talk about.
My work with AIDS patients started right at the beginning of the epidemic, totally unplanned and spontaneous, as all my work had proceeded in the previous two decades, if it were not already my whole life-style! In the early eighties, we knew very little about this peculiar disease.
Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases.
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
Anthrax is a deadly inhalational disease.
Stem cell research is the key to developing cures for degenerative conditions like Parkinson's and motor neuron disease from which I and many others suffer. The fact that the cells may come from embryos is not an objection, because the embryos are going to die anyway.
Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.
Although approximately 80% of osteoporosis sufferers are women, as the longevity of the male population increases, the disease will assume increasing importance in men.
I'm now convinced that all arthritis, most coronary artery disease, acne, eczema, and the autoimmune diseases are all caused or worsened by lectins.
The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization.
Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.
It may act as an ancillary factor, but by itself, the mutation in tau doesn't give you Alzheimer's disease. This is not to say the tau is not very important. It may be important in propagating the disorder from one cell to another. But as a causal mechanism, the evidence is strongest for beta amyloid abnormalities.
Sugary drinks are blamed for increasing the rates of chronic disease and obesity in America. Yet efforts to reduce their consumption through taxes or other measures have gone nowhere. The beverage industry has spent millions defeating them.
Almost everybody is enthusiastic about the promise of biotechnology to cure disease and to relieve suffering.