The individual will always have the disorder, although medical therapies can assist to control it. Medical experts employ drugs, therapy, surgery, and other therapies to alleviate illness symptoms and consequences. Sometimes these therapies are cures, meaning they eliminate the condition. Other times they simply manage it so that the person is no longer afflicted by the symptoms of the condition. Medical treatments can also be called therapies because they aim to treat or cure someone of a disease or condition. Medical treatments can be divided up into three general categories: preventative measures, therapeutic interventions, and palliative care. Preventive measures are taken in order to avoid a future event occurring. For example, you may be told to exercise regularly or eat well in order to reduce your risk of getting heart disease. This type of treatment aims to prevent illnesses such as heart attacks and strokes. Therapeutic interventions are used to treat an existing health problem. For example, you may be given medication after a heart attack has been diagnosed in order to kill any remaining heart cells before they become further damaged. Therapeutic interventions can also include any form of physical intervention such as surgery or radiation therapy. These forms of treatment are used to fix problems found within the body's organs. For example, surgery may be required to remove cancerous tumors.