71.   Nearly all agree, however, that the movement to identify genes that lead to certain conditions will ultimately lead to better treatment, even cures, for disease.

72.   Norton stressed that early detection and better treatments went together.

73.   Now, new research into the mechanisms of the pain are slowly enabling better treatments.

74.   Once the gene proper is isolated, and the protein it makes is understood, the work could in theory lead to a better treatment for baldness.

75.   Only those who can afford bribes get slightly better treatment.

76.   Or coming up with better treatments for it.

77.   Or is something else responsible, such as technological advances in cardiac anesthesia, better treatment after surgery, and efforts by hospitals to upgrade care?

78.   Others, including those skeptical of mammography, ask whether the decline is a result of better treatments, especially the drug tamoxifen.

79.   Other doctors who support assisted suicide mock the notion that better treatments for pain and depression have eliminated the need.

80.   Participants will hold workshops to discuss domestic violence, jobs, education and other areas where women seek better treatment.