Some medical treatment is experimental. Doctors must test drugs and other medical products in a variety of people before they can be approved for use. The FDA seeks to make sure that people of different ages, races and genders are included in these trials. This helps to ensure that the results of the research will be valid for most people. In addition, clinical trials can help identify any problems with a treatment before it is released for use in the general population. This way, the public can be alerted to potential dangers and may choose not to take the drug or therapy. This can help reduce the risk of harm and suffering that some treatments can cause., DNY59 / Getty Images. In the best of worlds, once we have been diagnosed with a disease or condition, we hope to return to 100% of our health. That goal requires a cure or total healing—curative treatment—and is possible for many health problems we experience., The term medical treatment refers to a health care provider’s efforts to control a patient’s symptoms, lessen the severity of the illness, or cure the disease. A treatment can include medicines, therapies, surgery and other approaches. A cure is when a treatment makes a disease go away and does not come back. The most common […].