The question is not so simple:

 

What is a cure?

What does a cure do?

Why is it a cure?

 

What do you think?

 

Is there a difference between a treatment and a cure?

Google "define: cure" (no quotes). The first def it pulls up is pretty funny, in an ironic sort of way.

 

I think a cure "resolves" a disease.

 

And I think a disease is as aspect of someone's health that interferes with their daily activities.

A cure is a successfully finished treatment. Treatment can be ongoing and need not ever actually solve the problem, but might lessen the symptoms or the progression.

I consider a cure to be a magic bullet. It stops something dead in its tracks and prevents something from ever occuring again.

I consider a cure to be a magic bullet. It stops something dead in its tracks and prevents something from ever occuring again.

 

If I cure the cold I am catching just before having any of the effects then catch a cold 10 years later, I didn't "cure" it the first time?

Wow - you've found a cure for the common cold? you're going to be extremely rich

Wow - you've found a cure for the common cold? you're going to be extremely rich

 

I wish. But even if there was a cure it would probably be too much trouble for most people to follow since it would likely involve changes in diet, exercise, cleanliness habits, etc. rather than just taking a pill.