Why isn't the government working harder to find cures for these incurable diseases/disorders?

Do you guys think that not enough work is being done to find cures for the incurable diseases/disorders out here?I feel like not enough work is being done.Theres still no cure for a lot of these diseases/disorders. I work as a nurse aide in a nursing home.I became a nurse aide back in 2006 because I thought I wanted to be a nurse.I changed my major once I started working as nurse aide.My backup plan was to become a teacher.I quickly changed my major to early childhood education once I became nurse aide because I can't take the suffering of the patients.I love all 248 residents and it hurts that some are suffering from incurable diseases.This one has Alzheimers.This one has multiple sclerosis.It goes on and on.Why is there no cure for AIDS/HIV?Why is there no cure for Alzheimers?Multiple Sclerosis?Schizophrenia?Manic Depression?Cancer?Diabeters?Lupus?Is the government not working on finding cures so pharmaceutical companies can continue making profit from medications sold?

It hurts that I have seen some of my residents at the nursing home get worse.Theres no cure for Alzheimers.Sufferes continue to forget and some even get to a point where they can't even talk.I know one lady with MS who has no use of her arms or legs.She has to be fed,turned,etc.She's totally bedridden.It hurts.I have seen people with MS get worse and die so young.The same with Alzheimers.And with cancer if it's not caught on time, person dies.It hurts that I witness diabetics loose their limbs or a toe or finger.And sometimes I feel that not enough work is being done to cure AIDS/HIV because it mostly afflicts minorities.Why isn't enough work being done to find cures for these incurable diseases/disorders? I am only doing the nurse aide thing until I earn my BA in education.It just hurts that I have to watch some of my residents get worse because there's no cure for these things..Same for some relatives/friends.Will there ever be cures for these incurable diseases/disorders?

I can't comment on all these diseases BUT with Alzheimers the problem is ironically due to people living longer.

Healthcare has been steadily increasing life expectancy, but the problem is that the human brain didn't evolve to live as long as we are now, so it start breaking down. Life expectancy has increased, but quality of life for people in their old age isn't necessarily much better if they develop memory conditions.

I would say though that lots of money is being pumped in to these disorders throughout the world.

Also re AIDS there is some hope:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/nov...

Research is being done all the time. The reason people are living longer is that we are preventing diseases like cancer by better diet, exercise and anti-smoking campaigns. So cancer patients are getting spotted earlier.

Also nano-technology is a thing being developed. Small molecular "robots" will be in our bodies looking for diseases, and giving very early warning. Eventually these tiny "robots" will not only be able to detect illnesses like cancer, but the robots will be able to dissect and remove the tumours in a safe way, and indeed in the future people might get cancer but it will be cured automatically and so quickly that they might not realise that they even had it!

Nano-Technology kills cancer cells:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/473450...

they are too busy with less important things like the war that should've been over by now. but i agree....these are things we should be way more concerned with.

Not every disease can be cured in our lifetime. They are working on cures and finding progress. Most childhood cancers are curable now. 20 years ago it was likely a death sentence. I have an Aunt that died at age 5 back in 1965 from leukemia. It would be highly curable now. It has nothing to do with pharmaceutical companies making a profit. It has to do with funding. Remember if the pharmaceutical companies aren't allowed to make a profit, there is no money for research and development.

Because the pharmaceutical companies dont make that much money on curing a disease. Where they make there money is on treating it and lessening the effects of a disease.
They then pay off the government officials by sending them on trips and donating to there campaigns.

Which I find interesting as when was the last time you heard of a disease being the cured. ?

I think that Polio was that last disease I can remember a cure being created for. Instead all we hear about is there is a new treatment for so and so or there is a treatment that looks promising.