Sentence examples for rather than treatable from inspiring English sources

VCI and VBI refer to phenotypes rather than treatable etiologies.

It has been noted that "Japanese patients are reluctant to openly discuss disturbances of mood, since these are considered to be indicative of personal weakness rather than treatable medical conditions" [ 21].

Cancer still enjoys a primitive, medieval aura in modern society - people talk about the disease as though it were one of the four riders of the Apocalypse rather than something treatable and beatable.

As such, Brand is committed to removing the stigma that surrounds addiction and paints it as a character flaw, rather than a treatable illness.

Hence, OA is regarded as a naturally occurring irreversible phenomenon, rather than a specific, potentially treatable disease.

26 Rosacea is considered to be a treatable rather than curable condition, and the identification and avoidance of trigger factors may improve signs and symptoms in some patients.

Now that breast cancer is considered a chronic, treatable disease rather than a death sentence, programs of support are proliferating for the ever-increasing number of survivors, in New Jersey as elsewhere.

The importance is for people to accept it's a treatable illness rather than live with it for years so that they become more and more sucked into a downward spiral and at risk of suicide".

Just as "The Sopranos" was more interesting when it pictured Tony as a treatable patient rather than as the irremediable thug he turned out to be, the most promising parts of "Shut Eye" — whose title, research shows, is an insider term for a mind-reader who comes to believe his powers are real — are those that deal with Charlie's altered state.

They really made me feel like I might be a serial killer rather than someone with a common and treatable illness.

But some young adults who have been treated since their teens find themselves questioning the distinction, and the status of depression and anxiety as treatable medical conditions rather than emotional states.