To learn more and for a more detailed discussion of requirements for the prevention and cure or control of cancer, please read or listen to the three-part New Cancer Mentality interview series, Cancer in the Post-Genomic Era: Where do we go from here?

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One consequence is that precious dollars are pumped into research aimed at a cure or prevention while almost no resources are available to help learn how to better care for people who already have dementia or for training or other assistance for their caregivers.

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Qualifying medical expenses include the costs of diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, and the costs for treatments affecting any part or function of the body.

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For these autistics, targeting cure and prevention implies that they need to be prevented or cured, rather than appreciated and acknowledged for what they have to contribute, speaking or not, as part of the neurological diversity of the human species.

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