cure A cure is a substance or procedure that resolves a medical condition. This may include a medication, a surgery, surgical operation, a lifestyle change, or even a philosophical shift that alleviates a person's suffering or achieves a state of heali ...

is a completely effective treatment for a disease. Cure or The Cure, or variants, may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Film

* ''Cure'' (film), a 1997 film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa * ''The Cure'' (1917 film), a short film starring Charlie Chaplin * ''The Cure'' (1995 film), a drama starring Brad Renfro and Joseph Mazzello * ''The Cure'' (2014 film), a thriller starring Antonia Prebble and Daniel Lissing * ''The Cure'' (2019), a British television docudrama about Julie Bailey starring Siân Brooke * ''

The Cured ''The Cured'' is a 2017 Irish horror drama film written and directed by David Freyne in his feature debut film. It stars Elliot Page, Sam Keeley, and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, and was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toron ...

'' (2017), an Irish horror film * ''Cured'' (film), a 2020 American documentary film

Literature

* ''The Cure'', a 1946 novella by

Lewis Padgett Lewis Padgett was the joint pseudonym of the science fiction authors and spouses Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore,Nicholls 1979, p. 445. taken from their mothers' maiden names. They also used the pseudonyms Lawrence O'Donnell and C. H. Liddell, as ...

* ''The Cure'', a 1994 novel by Carlo Gébler * ''The Cure'', a 1999 novel by Sonia Levitin * ''The Cure'', a 2003 novel by Jack D. Hunter * ''Cure'', a 2010 novel by

Robin Cook Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook (28 February 19466 August 2005) was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 until his death in 2005 and served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 until ...

* ''The Cure'', a 2013 novel by

Douglas E. Richards Douglas E. Richards (born May 7, 1962) is an Americans, American writer, primarily of science fiction and both nonfiction and fiction for children. Biography Richards grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from Finneytown High School, in Ohio, ...

* ''The Cure'', a 2015 novel by JG Faherty * ''The Cure'', a 2018 novella by

Robert Reed Robert Reed (born John Robert Rietz Jr.; October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor. He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama '' The Defenders'' from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as pa ...

* ''The Cure'', a 2020 novel by Glenn Cooper * ''Cure'' (magazine), a Japanese music and style magazine

Music

The Cure The Cure are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Crawley in 1976 by Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith (vocals, guitar) and Lol Tolhurst (drums). The band's current line-up comprises Smith, Perry Bamonte (guitar and keyboards), Reev ...

, an English rock band

Albums

* ''Cure'' (album), by Erra, 2024 * ''The Cure'' (The Cure album), 2004 * ''The Cure'' (Keith Jarrett album), a live album by American pianist Keith Jarrett's "Standards Trio", 1990 * ''The Cure'' (The Saw Doctors album), 2005 * ''The Cure'', by

Guy Manning Guy Manning is an English multi-instrumentalist and singer, best known for his own album releases (Manning), the DAMANEK band albums and for his membership of progressive rock bands Parallel or 90 Degrees, The Tangent and The United Progressiv ...

, 2000, remastered in 2010 * ''The Cure'', by

Jah Cure Jah Cure, or Iyah Cure (born Siccature Alcock on 11 October 1978 in Hanover, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae musician. Raised in Kingston, he was given the name Jah Cure by Capleton. Career His first big break came in March 1997 when he rele ...

, 2015 * ''The Cure'', by

Rza Robert Fitzgerald Diggs (born July 5, 1969), better known by his stage name RZA ( ) or the RZA, is an American rapper, record producer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is the '' de facto'' leader of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, having pro ...

from the Wu-Tang Clan, 2011 * ''Cured'' (album), a 1981 album by Steve Hackett

Songs

* "Cure", by Metallica from '' Load'', 1996 * "The Cure" (song), by Lady Gaga, 2017 * "The Cure", by Jordin Sparks from ''

Battlefield A battlefield, battleground, or field of battle is the location of a present or historic battle involving ground warfare. It is commonly understood to be limited to the point of contact between opposing forces, though battles may involve troop ...

'', 2009 * "The Cure", by Little Mix from '' LM5'', 2018 * "The Cure", by SM Town from '' 2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace'', 2022 *"A Cure", by Blonde Redhead from '' Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons'', 2000

Television

* ''The Cure'' (TV series), a 2018 Philippine TV series

Episodes

* "Cure", ''Criminal Minds'' season 13, episode 13 (2018) * "Cure", ''Garo: The Animation'' – ''The Carved Seal of Flames'' episode 16 (2015) * "Cure", ''Smallville'' season 7, episode 4 (2007) * "Cure", ''Stargate SG-1'' season 6, episode 10 (2002) * "Cure", ''The Gentle Touch'' series 5, episode 11 (1984) * "Cure", ''Ultraman Nexus'' episode 22 (2005) * "The Cure", ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' season 5, episode 17 (1960) * "The Cure", ''Air America'' episode 25 (1999) * "The Cure", ''Class of 3000'' season 2, episode 7 (2007) * "The Cure Part 1" and "The Cure Part 2", ''Dinotopia'' episodes 11–12 (2003) * "The Cure", ''Dragon Hunters'' season 2, episode 6 (2007) * "The Cure", ''Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes'' episode 18 (2007) * "The Cure", ''Fringe'' season 1, episode 6 (2008) * "The Cure", ''Grandfathered'' episode 22 (2016) * "The Cure", ''Have Gun – Will Travel'' season 4, episode 35 (1961) * "The Cure", ''

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice ''King Arthur and the Knights of Justice'' is an animated series produced by Golden Films, C&D ( Créativité et Développement), and Bohbot Entertainment and created by Diane Eskenazi and Avi Arad, who also served as executive producers. The ...

'' season 2, episode 11 * "The Cure", ''North of 60'' season 3, episode 5 (1994) * "The Cure", ''Piggy Tales'' season 1, episode 22 (2014) * "The Cure", ''Planet of the Apes'' episode 12 (1974) * "The Cure", ''Popeye the Sailor'' episode 46 in the Paramount Cartoon Studios production line (1961) * "The Cure", ''Scavengers Reign'' episode 7 (2023) * "The Cure", ''Seven Days'' season 2, episode 23 (2000) * "The Cure", ''The Fearing Mind'' episode 4 (2000) * "The Cure", ''The Mighty Hercules'' season 1, episode 19 (1963) * "The Cure", ''The Secret Service'' episode 10 (1969) * "The Cure", ''The Shield'' season 4, episode 1 (2005) * "The Cure", ''Time Trax'' season 2, episode 8 (1994) * "The Cure", ''Toad Patrol'' season 1, episode 11 (2000) * "The Cure", ''Wanted Dead or Alive'' season 3, episode 2 (1960) * "The Cure", ''Wolfblood'' series 3, episode 9 (2014) * "The Cure", ''X-Men: The Animated Series'' season 1, episode 9 (1993) * "Cured", ''Red Dwarf XII'', episode 1 (2017)

Businesses and organizations

* Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants, a United States prisoner support and prison reform organization * Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, Illinois * Coalition to Uproot Ragging from Education, non-profit NGO in India, dedicated to the elimination of ragging in India * Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education *

CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda (CCHU) is a specialized children's neurosurgery hospital in Uganda. It is a private hospital, owned and operated by CURE International. The hospital is also a teaching center in neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurge ...

, a pediatric neurosurgery hospital in Uganda *

CURE International CURE International, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI, is a Christian nonprofit organization that owns and operates eight charitable children's hospitals around the world. CURE provides medical care to pediatric patients with Orth ...

, a medical charity organization * Project C.U.R.E., an American disaster relief organization

Places

Cure (river) The Cure () is a long river in central France, a right-bank tributary of the Yonne. Its source is in Gien-sur-Cure, in the Morvan hills. It flows into the Yonne at Cravant near Vermenton. Communes crossed It crosses the following department ...

, in France * Rivière du Curé, in Quebec, Canada *

Cures, Sabinum Cures was an ancient Sabine town in the Tiber Valley in central Italy, about from Rome, between the left bank of the Tiber and the Via Salaria. Its remains are located in the modern commune of Fara Sabina. According to legend, it was from Cures ...

, an ancient Italian town * Cures, Sarthe, a commune in western France

Science and technology

Curing (chemistry) Curing is a chemical process employed in polymer chemistry and process engineering that produces the toughening or hardening of a polymer material by cross-linking of polymer chains. Even if it is strongly associated with the production of thermo ...

, the process of hardening a polymer material *

Curing (food preservation) Curing is any of various food preservation and flavoring processes of foods such as meat, fish and vegetables, by the addition of salt, with the aim of drawing moisture out of the food by the process of osmosis. Because curing increases the solu ...

, a food preservation technique * Curing (vegetable preservation) * Curing of concrete, the process of hardening Portland cement requiring water *

Curing of tobacco A cure is a completely effective treatment for a disease. Cure or The Cure, or variants, may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Film * ''Cure'' (film), a 1997 film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa * ''The Cure'' (1917 film), a short fil ...

, to prepare it for use *

Sulfur vulcanization Sulfur vulcanization is a chemical process for converting natural rubber or related polymers into materials of varying hardness, elasticity, and mechanical durability by heating them with sulfur or sulfur-containing compounds. Sulfur forms cros ...

, the process of hardening or "curing" rubber

Other uses

* Cure (surname), including a list of people with the name * Cure (religion), the practical exercise of an ecclesiastical office *

Curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' () of souls of a parish. In this sense, ''curate'' means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy who are as ...

or curé, a rank of priest