curable
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A new scientific breakthrough in the field of Alzheimer’s research is raising hopes that the cruel, crippling and fatal brain disease may eventually become curable.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
Cancers that were considered death sentences not long ago—e.g., advanced melanoma, non-small-cell lung and blood cancers—are now curable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025
More than half the cancers were detected at an early stage, where they are easier to treat and potentially curable.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025
“It’s not curable, but it’s highly treatable,” Morgans said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025
You feel it coming on halfway through a shift or later, and you can interpret it the normal way as a symptom of a kind of low-level illness, curable with immediate rest.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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