Recent Examples on the WebMost cases of Lyme disease are curable with antibiotics and treatments.—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2024 Every year, nearly 500,000 children die from an easily curable condition: diarrhea.—Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 27 Feb. 2024 Some questions to ask a healthcare provider include: Is RLS curable?—Health Editorial Team, Health, 15 Mar. 2024 Still, those with curable cancers may not get a full dose; some may only have 80 percent or 60 percent of standard doses available to them.—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 June 2023 Fortunately, the cancers found in 30- and 40-something women were mostly early, curable tumors, said Ahmedin Jemal, senior author of the new report and the cancer society’s senior vice president for surveillance and health equity science.—Liz Szabo, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2024 Set aside plague altogether, which modern hygiene and medicine have rendered rare and curable across most of the world, and rats are still carriers of dozens of diseases with the potential to spill over to humans.—WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023 Tuberculosis, which is preventable and curable, has reclaimed the title of the world’s leading infectious disease killer, after being supplanted from its long reign by Covid-19.—Stephanie Nolen Natalija Gormalova, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023 Fifteen crucial drugs—the kind that can render cancers curable—have been out of stock in hospitals for months.—Shi En Kim, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2023
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