It seems like cancer is the biggest thing we all think of when it comes to medicine and what we’d most like to eradicate from our species. So my question is phrased this way out of curiosity what the second worst thing medicine is currently trying to eradicate.
Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Atherosclerosis.
Aging in general.
Damn, imagine if politicians found the cure to aging. That’s the only thing that gets rid of them now.
Alternatively they would at least have a vested interest in not having the planet turn into a fireball.
Dementia and Alzheimer’s. Yeah that is a nasty way to go
I hope neurodevelopmental disorders would also get more attention. Although less people suffer from it than from aging-related disorders, when a child is born with a severe disease it affects not only the child’s life, but also that of parents and siblings. (I don’t mean neurodivergence, I mean severe disorders that prevent a child from being able to walk, communicate, and/or live in health).
In comparison with aging-disorders, so many good years of life are lost.
dementia
Heart disease. Beats other death causes hands down.
Cancer is only the biggest thing because it can hit anyone, including rich people.
Not because it’s actually what is the biggest threat.
The great equaliser.
In developed countries, it is the biggest killer by far, followed by heart disease. Do you mean to include starvation, war, and infectious diseases in underdeveloped countries?
I was thinking more about diseases in general, whether infectious, psychological, etc.
Curing the side effects of the anti-cancer pill.
They would focus on monetizing that pill and wringing every last dollar out of it.
Aging, maybe. Once cancer’s gone, why not?
Came here to say that. Cell rejuvenation more specifically. Telomeres and such seemed all the rage 20 years ago, haven’t heard much about it since. I wonder what the newer approaches are.
My wife used to work on that kind of research. Interesting stuff. She left that job to research cancer instead.
Smol pp
Honestly, that would probably help a lot with the state of the world.
Hair loss.
Hiding the pills existence.
Along with the moon landing hoax, the globe earth hoax, and the jet fuel melting steel beams hoax, no doubt.
I bet the next thing we’d be fighting for is the ability for an average person to afford that pill. I mean … Insurance companies aren’t in the business of healing people after all. Why can’t you think about the shareholders!!!
The common cold
We’d be focused on making sure that all of your assets get transferred to blackrock before you could access that pill
Along with all the other good answers I’ll add ALS. Really terrible disease that can accelerate quickly.
Cardiovascular disease
