I should make a commitment to post this at least once a year.  Since I've been doing this whole Science 2.0 thing for less than a year, I haven't broken this resolution yet.  We constantly hear about increased rates of cancer and poor medical treatment.  It all gets depressing and makes it sound like we are regressing on the health front.

See below for evidence that science is polyawesomer*, just not always on time scales that we notice.

The graph below shows the progress of science based medicine in treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children.  In the 1960s, an ALL diagnosis was a virtual death sentence.  Nearly 80% of kids were dead withing 5 years.  Forty years later, 90% of kids survive.  Thanks to the progress of scientific medicine, ALL has gone from death sentence to very high probability of recovery.
Science I love you.

*Rugbyologist invented adjective(in an attempt to find an accurate descriptor for Mrs. Rugbyologist) to simplify when many "awesomes" should be strung together.