ABOUT
the Catastrophic Unseen Reversible Epidemic of
Chronic Disease (CURE)
Dr. Craig Backs was 53 years old, obese, and on medication to reduce his cholesterol. He thought all was fine until he had a Carotid Intima Media Thickness ultrasound that showed his arterial plaque. He asked, “What am I missing?” It turns out, he was missing a lot.
“This ultrasound confirmed what I suspected. I have atherosclerosis, the same disease that caused heart attacks in many family members. I started looking for more options. It turned out there was much more I could do for myself and my patients,” says Dr. Backs. Out of this realization, The CureCenter for Chronic Disease (formerly known as the Center for Prevention) and CureCoach were created in support of a more Proactive Medicine approach.
Since 2013, over a thousand patients who have successfully followed their CurePlan have had ZERO:
Heart Attacks
Strokes
Cardiac or Stroke Rehab
Avoidable chronic diseases make up six of the top ten causes of death in the United States. A personalized CurePlan, supported by CureCoach.App, empowers you to proactively pursue health with the help of our expert team to guide you every step of the way, from your initial CureScreen to developing your CurePlan.
Proactive Medicine:
Chronic Disease needs a new paradigm approach. Reactie medicine is great for a heart attack or stroke, but not to prevent progression of the underlying atherosclerotic disease. Preventive medicine sounds good, but most are beyond the stage of prevention. We have chronic progressive cardiometabolic disease. But Proactive (some might say preemptive) lifestyle changes, target supplements and medications when benefit outweights risk and costs can REVERSE arterial and metabolic disease and eliminate stroke and heart attack while improving overall health as a side benefit.
Craig Backs, MD
Founder, CEO
Craig Backs, MD, is an experienced specialist in Internal Medicine, caring for adults through diagnostic skills and management of acute and chronic disease. These diseases include diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and other conditions that respond to better lifestyle choices, supplements and medications. Left to progress, they can dramatically shorten or ruin an individual’s life.
Dr. Backs was educated at Valparaiso University and Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. His Internal Medicine residency was completed at SIU School of Medicine in Springfield, IL. It was there he practiced with a group of other internists and primary care doctors. He served as President of the Illinois State Medical Society among other leadership roles. After three years as Chief Medical Officer at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, IL, he opened The Center for Prevention Heart Attack and Stroke, which later became The CureCenter for Chronic Disease. Dr. Backs has made it his mission to cure Chronic Disease by digging out its root causes.
His personal journey to cure Chronic Disease began in May of 2012. “My own personal health went through a dramatic makeover,” says Dr. Backs. “I now know better and provide a more credible example for my patients. I understand the challenges they face as they pursue a healthier lifestyle. I know how to motivate and coach success. I’m now an open minded allopath with more tools in my toolbox to reverse arterial disease and diabetes.”
Dr. Backs uses his personal and professional experience to develop and coach his patients through Personalized CurePlans to prevent and reverse chronic disease into remission and live a healthy life.