570:(edit conflict, a reply to Tisane's last comment). Yes it could, but there isn't one. But, I don't like the title and concept of this list at all—it is tantamount to scaremongering. The suggestion to move to "no known cure" is a good one, but the problem wrt treatment/cure still remains. I also think the treatment and cure dichotomy is too polarised as often cures are developed from treatments as the science progresses. Should the article be renamed but the important distinction between treatment and cure be not fully addressed, the problem will remain. Then there is the issue of referencing; for an article with such a doom-laden title these must be of the highest standard, not just links to webpages, but review articles in prestigious medical journals. To be honest, I don't think this will be done quickly enough. It is easy to say keep and etc. etc. but will this be done? I would need some strong reassurances.
972:. Medicine is advancing so rapidly, who is going to keep this uptodate? What can't be cured today might be "curable" in a couple of years time. How do we define no cure? Where there is no known cure but the disease can be slowed down drastically or there is nothing to slow the disease down? How many incurable diseases are we going to have? One hundred, five hundred, one thousand or five thousand? Who is going to trawl through the medical literature to source all of this? I can see little benefit but lots of problems with this list. I am of the opinion that whether a disease is curable or not should be sourced and "discussed" on individual articles.--
795:. It seems to be me that a list of diseases with no known cure could serve some purposes. E.g., a student wanting to do a thesis on some disease or another that is presently lacking a cure might find our list on Google and find it helpful in narrowing the focus down to a particular disease lacking a cure. I have noticed that whenever one is reading a pamphlet about an incurable disease, it will usually mention that it's incurable. I realize that's not a reliable source, but without access to university databases, it's the best I can do for now. Expect higher-quality input on AfDs from me after I gain access to said databases. :)
894:) does not attempt to create a list of incurable diseases or to recommend that this feature be considered important in classifying diseases. Because our ability to cure disease is both technology- and culture-bound, and the medical profession avoids organizing diseases on this basis: it too frequently changes to be useful or appropriate. The medical profession, and Knowledge (XXG), does (and should) classify diseases in other ways, e.g., by affected organ systems. These kinds of lists would be easily supportable, and in fact, we have an extensive
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to get over it. Whether a particular disease can be cured also depends on the circumstances of each case. So to be present in this list, would it need to be curable some of the time, most of the time, all of the time or only in a few lucky individuals? Then there's the whole disease/disorder/condition/different/normal conflict. What if the "cure" wasn't to 100% full health.
608:. Without clear criteria for inclusion, or a clear definition of "cure", this list could simply be "list of all diseases". A number of the listed conditions are cured in some cases. Time cures self-limited diseases. Unless some unambiguous criteria can make this into a relevant and accurate list, it should be dropped.
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A "silly list" that has a vague selection criteria and impossible length. Genetic diseases are essentially incurable today. There are many thousands of them. Most infectious illnesses aren't "cured" -- you get better by yourself. As they say, there's no cure for the common cold, but few people fail
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Think of it this way: You are providing sources supporting separate claims: that an apple is red, a toy wagon is red, and a car is red. What you need to produce is a source that says that color is a good way to classify/group/associate objects. You can use a source that makes a list based on
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or influenza are not incurable, as they are (typically) self limiting. I disagree that these diseases should be removed, as, taking the measles example, a person develops severe complications such as pneumonia or "black" (hemorrhagic) measles, there is no treatment other than general supportive
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An inadequately referenced list of links, with absolutely no discussion whatsoever. This silly "list" could go on and on. It's also confusing; many of these conditions are treatable. Readers who do not understand the difference between treatment and cure could be dangerously misled.
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per many of the arguments of Colin, Graham Colm and WhatamIdoing. Particularly, the meanings of "disease" and "incurable" are actually quite difficult to neatly define. I think the list will become cumbersome and unmanageable, and it suffers from the same problem as the
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measures, nor is there any treatment that will hasten recovery from measles. Thus, I support the inclusion of self-limited diseases in the list, as long as they are without any known cure (time not included). For instance, I would not support including
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I cannot understand why you feel that this article is "an absolutely pointless grab-bag of medical conditions". It lists only diseases that cannot be cured, which is an important topic. I am in favor of saving the article and then adding references.
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