I began developing the theory of cure when, in 2016, I discovered that no medical dictionary, nor medical publication contained a philosophical, theoretical, or scientific definition of cure that is generally accepted and used in medical practice. Over the next ten years, I have published several books, papers, articles, and blog posts, gradually developing and improving on a general theory of cure. Last year, in 2025, I began a complete overhaul, not of the core theory, rather, a consolidation of the wording used to describe the concepts. This paper is the first publication with those changes. The theory of cure of April 2026, is the result of ten years of research and work preparing a comprehensive theory of cure.
What is the most important phrase in medicine? Many people might guess “YOU’RE CURED.” But no. Cured is not medical. How can I know this? Maybe it’s because I’m not a doctor? I know what happens when a case of disease is cured. Nothing.
Cured cases are no longer medical. Were they ever medical? They are cured.
I am in the process of a total rewrite of the paper Theory of Cure, first published in 2022. I need people to review the revised paper for editing errors and also for content.
What is an illness? What is a disease? What is the difference? What is a cure? This is an image I am working on to illustrate an updated paper on Theory of Cure. What do you think?
From a cure perspective: there are two fundamental types of illness cause: those that “do you,” and those that “you do.”
Cause is the key to cure, and to cures.
There are two fundamental types of causes of illness, causing two types of elementary of illness, requiring two types of cures. The two types of causes are
Which cures more illnesses? Drugs, or Healthinesses?
When we think of a cure, we almost automatically reach for drug. We’ve been well trained by drug salesmen and their followers. At the same time, we should know that most drugs make no attempt to cure any disease, that most drugs cannot cure any disease, and that most cures do not come from drugs.
Where do most cures come from healthing. Yes, health is a verb: to improve healthiness. Most cures come from improvements in healthiness. Most intentional cures come from intentionally improving healthiness.
An illness consists of a set of present causes and the negative consequence of those causes.
An illness element consists of a single present cause and the negative consequences of that cause.
A cure is an action, or a set of actions, that addresses the causes of an illness, producing a cured state or status such that the negative consequences are no longer present.
Cured is the status of the illness after the cause(s) of an illness have been successfully addressed. The individual, the patient, is not cured. The illness is cured. It was present due to the intersection of cause and negative consequences. Now that the cause has been addressed, it is no longer present.
Why do so many die from non-deadly diseases? Most cases of disease are not fatal. Let’s look at a few, to round our understanding before we broach the question “Why do we die from disease?”
Three diseases, very different in nature -and provide a basis for studies of why diseases cause death.