Saturday, August 20, 2011

How much money would it take in donations to find cures for AIDS, Cancer, and Heart Disease

How much money would it take in donations to find cures for AIDS, Cancer, and Heart Disease?
Warren Buffett is giving billions to charity. Haven't researchers been telling us for the longest time that if only they had enough funding, a cure was around the corner? When will we start seeing the fruits of their labors - and the fruits of our donations?
Medicine - 8 Answers
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There're already 'cures'. The important thing is these things are, more often than not, the fruits of the fleshly lusts and perversions.
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Personally, I think they already have cures for all of these, but they make more money off of treating it. I don't know if they'll ever release the cures in our lifetimes.
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There are cures for all of those diseases. Whether we want to believe it or not. The only reason why these cures have not been given is because the pharmaceutical companies make billions of dollars by giving cancer/aids patients concoctions of drugs. Some aids patients take up to 30 pills a day, just to live to see the next day. Could you imagine the amount they would lose, if they were to give one pill that would cure millions of people. They would go broke, and we all know that there plenty of greedy, powerful people in this world.
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graciefaith1 and N8ball88, oh please. Of all the conspiracy theories I have heard, that one is the most pathetic. There is no cure, nor is there a secret vault hidden deep within pharmaceutical land that protects the cure for cancer and AIDS. I really don't think throwing money at the problem will fix it, especially when AIDS is a preventable disease. Prevention is the key. I wouldn't be opposed to donating to prevention programs that target AIDS, cancer, heart disease, etc.
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Thanks, jef_h. I was shaking my head at those idiots as well. As for the question, you can't put a sum of money on unknown quanities like 'curing AIDS and cancer' because nobody knows what is required to accomplish those tasks. Safe to guess in the billions or trillions of dollars, though...... if they are possible at all. I disagree with jef_h that it's not a worthwhile investment, however. Even if the Big Payoff of a cure is not found, there will surely be progress made which will result in reducing human misery. Indeed, the biggest and cheapest payoff in AIDS would be for a worldwide organization to buy the patents for AZT, 3TC, ABC and all the other HIV/AIDS medications and put them to use controlling the 70 million AIDS cases in the Third World. Right now, with the majority of them uncontrolled, there is a humanitarian catastrophe of unprecedented magnitude. HAART antiretroviral therapy is highly effective at controlling the misery of HIV infection.
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Well, For one the governmenat developed the AIDS virus so we already that the cure for it but we'll never see it. No.Why Not, because the government is making a ton of money off it and always will.
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It is true "if only there were enough money" to buy all the help and all the time in the world. A lot of people don't ever see the inside of a laboratory besides the little clips of petry dishes and test tubes and pipettes on the news. No one but people educated in the field (even a little) can understand the intellect that goes into reseach. The background. The MONEY. The patience. The trial. The error. The evolution of diseases RIGHT before your eyes! The problem with AIDS and Cancer is that the pathogen that causes AIDS is CONSTANTLY evolving in the human body. So the second you find a protein or a sequence of DNA that might be key... it changes. Cancer... there are so many types, causes and variations on cancer. Most people think that breast, lung testicular are all the same. WRONG! They couldn't be more different and individually complex to solve. This is why there is no cure. This is why all the money in the world can't buy quality time and people in the labs. Its only a matter of time.
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I am a cynic at times and I think we don't really want to find cures. (by we I mean the government). They are already "complaining" baby boomers live too long and health care costs are way too high, draining the budget. The planet is overcrowded and personally I don't think very many people care. Which is a darn shame

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Are there any new treatments for Congestive Heart disease and Aortic Sclerosis

Are there any new treatments for Congestive Heart disease and Aortic Sclerosis?
By new I would ask if there have been any break throughs within the past 2 years.
Heart Diseases - 1 Answers
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None that i am adware of ,, other than more pills,, and its aortic stenosis ,, none so far ,, except surgery to re-place

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Friday, August 12, 2011

Can thin people get heart disease or diabetes

Can thin people get heart disease or diabetes?
Im 15 and I am in good health. For the past year, I have focussed all my attention toward acedemics, which means I have no time to exercise. Now, my sophomore and junior are yet to come, and I will have to put more towards the acedemic area. Without exercise, I am worried if I would get heart problems or diabetes. What do you think? Till now, I am in perfect health. I am a bit underheight, and pretty thin (not anorexic of course). My stomach is a wee bit fatty (not fat nor so stomachless), but I am pretty thin. Any suggestions? I think I should add that I rarely eat food outside. Im vegeterian, and I intake much carbohydrates
Other - Health - 8 Answers
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Yes, thin people can get heart disease and diabetes, but I don't think it's something to worry about at your age. It's mostly just older thin people who've led sedentary lives and eaten poorly all their lives who end up having problems. You're doing ok. Concentrate on grades for now, but don't forget that activity and good diet are important too.
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Thin people can get just as many illness and diseases as overweight ones. But most diseases come from partially being overweight, other attributes to getting a disease is in the family genes and the way you eat, i.e. fried foods every day.
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you can get these diseases if you're thin b/c they can be hereditary. however, exercising and taking care of yourself will give you the energy that you need to do well in in school and will provide a necessary break. maybe get otgether with some friends to go for walks or join a gym.
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While thinner people are at less of a risk of heart disease or diabetes, it does not disqualify them. If there is heart disease or diabetes in your family, you are at a much higher risk of it. Sometimes these conditions can be hereditary, sometimes they are brought on by outside factors. At your age you should be getting 30 minutes of active movement per day. I wouldn't worry about it at this point. If you are going for regular checkups with bloodwork, if anything is irregular, your doctor would let your parents know. I'm sure everything is fine or you would have heard.
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diabetes n heart desease largely depend on lifestyle n not fully on a persons weight
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You need to exercise. It will actually help you study, sleep better, and be more productive in your academic endeavors. It's too important for your overall wellbeing to cut it out. I understand the difficulty of balancing it all but it's better to workout than skip it. I work full-time and take graduate courses. I also have a family. But I take time to work out because it's that important. I also do some volunteer work. I still have some free time but not much. I don't watch tv, except for some news before I leave for work.
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No I think that at you age you shouldn't have any risk, but exercise its not only for physical health purposes but mental too. What I mean is that helps you to deal with the strees that you have at school. My suggestion, have a couple of basketball, tennis, soccer game a week, or walk when you can even if is just a couple of miles a week, eat properly, swim, play bowling, walk you dog twice a day or just go up and down in your stairs at home or at school, you will feel much relax and without the worries that you have now. Good luck, hope that it helps.
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yes am 16 and when i was 14 when i was in middle school i meet this girl who was very thin and had diabetes my aunt had a heart disease she died from it and she was thin

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