curative

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Watt Smith’s “Bad Friend” proved a much-needed curative.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025

Parran spoke at the conference about the need to think beyond “the separateness of preventative and curative efforts to reduce death and disease” because all health efforts “are parts of the same entity.”

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025

So when my oncologist used the words "curative intent" in a meeting to discuss treatment, I felt a huge weight lift off my chest.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

"Also, the genetic mechanisms of disease that we have identified offer the potential to guide development of curative therapies," adds co-lead author Aaron J. Deutsch, MD, an instructor in the division of Endocrinology at MGH.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

Later, indeed, Holmes would establish his own curative spa on the second floor of his Englewood building and call it the Silver Ash Institute.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson