Updated: Tuesday, 24 Nov 2009, 6:40 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 24 Nov 2009, 6:12 PM EST
News about health often focuses on the negative: scary new flu viruses, incurable diseases, dashed hopes for miracle drugs. Maybe that's because we have such high expectations that doctors and scientists can fix anything.
The Wall Street Journal's Melinda Beck outlines some medical advances. She reports that a lot of progress has been made.