Can Books Cure Diseases?

 

 

I just learned that there is no FDA-approved cure or treatment for 14,000 known diseases— which represents nearly 80 percent of all known diseases.

Who knew there were so many ways one could die — not including accidents, natural disasters, drugs, suicide, war, terrorism, and murder? And who knew so few diseases have an actual cure or treatment?

Many of the individual untreatable diseases impact few people singularly, but collectively, so many people are afflicted by these diseases. So why am I writing about it?

I started to wonder: Wouldn’t it be great if we put a bigger spotlight on these diseases? What better place to start than with authors and books?

Imagine if more books were published about these diseases, informing and educating readers that they exist and need more resources to be researched and cured.

There can be non-fiction books that inform, advocate, and fundraise. There can be novels with characters or settings that involve these untreatable diseases.

Some books can then become movies. Traditional and social media can further highlight these books and diseases.

Where we focus our time, attention, and money is where we will see progress. If we don’t spotlight these diseases, little will happen in the pursuit of discovering a treatment or cure.

 If you need some inspiration about uncovering cures, see the movie Lorenzo’s Oil.

Books can contribute to improving and saving lives. Authors, draft yourself to the cause!

 

 

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About Brian Feinblum

This award-winning blog has generated over four million pageviews. With 5,000+ posts over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby  http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.”  Copyright 2025.

 

For the past three decades, Brian Feinblum has helped thousands of authors. He formed his own book publicity firm in 2020. Prior to that, for 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and as the director of publicity at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler.

 

His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/whats-needed-to-promote-a-book-successfully).

 

He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. He served as a judge for the 2024 IBPA Book Awards.

 

His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. His first published book was The Florida Homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.

 

Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog.

 

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