But for some diseases, it does seem that the ritual of treatment affects the way we feel.
There are suggestions it can make some diseases both more likely to occur and more likely to be fatal.
However, some experts say only embryonic stem cells can generate the vast number of cells needed to cure some diseases.
Some diseases have been eradicated through concerted programs of relatively cheap immunization.
It notes the benefits of breastfeeding include protection for the baby from certain infections, and for the mother from some diseases in later life.
Ferzaan Engineer, the boss of Quintiles's venture, says that for some diseases this can dramatically cut the time needed to bring new therapies to market.
Included in his views are that fat can help you survive some diseases, particularly wasting diseases where, once you are ill, fat might help to keep you alive.
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Some diseases, too, are the result of inappropriate sugaring.
Unlike some other diseases, however, clear genetic markers for coronary heart disease, which accounts for 1 in 6 U.S. deaths, remain elusive.
If they're taking protease inhibitors and they're on their drugs and their immune system is fairly healthy, they're not going to be terribly susceptible to MRSA. We see MRSA infections when the immune system is pretty depleted, either in people with HIV or some other diseases.
It should be noted that the rate of some of these diseases is still very bad in a comparative context.
While we can draw some pretty safe conclusions about the prevention and treatment of some common bone diseases, it is too early to form any useful conclusions about other diseases such as cancer, influenza, or multiple sclerosis.
Since all the DNA in the human body was first sequenced in 2000, some 4, 000 diseases with a known genetic basis have been identified, according to the National Institutes of Health.
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No firm currently has more than about 5% of the world's drug market, but some aspire to dominate particular diseases.
Certain drugs can trigger glandular breast growth in men, as can some rare genetic and hormonal diseases, as well as excessive alcohol consumption.
It seemed so foolish from a human perspective to be destroying the very thing that may hold the key to curing some of our most terrible diseases.
In addition, emerging research shows a possible role for vitamin D in the prevention or treatment of type 1 diabetes, some cancers, and autoimmune diseases including multiple sclerosis.
The labels would tell consumers, in time for this fall's apple cider season, that the product has not been pasteurized and may contain some microorganisms capable of producing diseases.
It is thought that some of the rare tropical diseases may have emerged from the forests of Africa where they have been harboured for thousands of years by species that would previously not have come into contact with humans.
The report, which was commissioned in January 1997 by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, looked at the effects of smoked marijuana on all the diseases for which some consensus exists that it might be beneficial.
And some have a pretty good knowledge of, you know, medical diseases and how to treat them, and some don't, and so it's our job to actually train those people because when the conflict is over, they will still be the ones to actually be out there in those rural areas.
Hundreds of viruses exist, but only some cause visible symptoms and debilitating diseases.
Patient populations for these diseases are tiny, some as few as 1, 100 patients.
Studies have found that some people who die from other diseases, with no dementia, still have amyloid in their brains.
Some animals were prone to infectious diseases like the flu, which Dr. Kenney treated in Shamu by mixing hundreds of antibiotic pills into ground mackerel.
In many cases, these diseases are hereditary and some people elect to have a test so that they can, if necessary, seek early medical treatment for the condition.
This, some scientists believe, leads to new diseases formed by genetic mutation crossing the species barrier and entering the human population.
This has the enormous potential to empower scientists and clinicians to achieve better and more affordable diagnosis and cure for some of the most devastating and challenging diseases and to accelerate the progress made in this field.
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