From BBC: Life expectancy for people with HIV has increased by an average of 13 years since the late 1990s thanks to better HIV treatment, a study says.
Researchers said it meant HIV was now effectively a chronic condition like diabetes, rather than a fatal disease, the Lancet reported.
The strides that medicine makes has always amazed me. I think it’s why the world of nursing attracted me since High School.
I have lived to see many diseases that were fatal when I was a child reduced to no worse than a cold due to vaccines that have been developed. The discovery of Penicillin being one of the first of many medical breakthroughs.
Diabetes which was a fatal disease at one time, is now something people can live a normal life with thanks to insulin shots or pills and staying on the Diabetic diet, which now includes more foods than ever before. Blood sugar checks are more convenient and less painful. A patch, which would make it even easier to administrate insulin is now being developed.
Needles which used to be large and painful, are now slim, more sterile, and virtually pain free.
Premature births, which produced a short life expectancy for babies, is now bringing babies who grow into healthy adults.
Yes, we still have disease, we still have death, but the chances are getting better and better. Now if we could find a better way to treat cancer, and a cure.
Some see the world as getting worse, I see the world as getting better. Just look at the world’s history. Our own history. Look at the history of medicine and disease. I thank God for things such as this. When we think God is no longer working, we need to look around. He’s still in control. I’m glad He is.
Now many folks will read this and point to Revelation or Daniel. I read it differently, reminding that scripture interprets scripture, and not just the book of Isaiah or Daniel interpreting. But that’s another post for another day. But when I read headlines such as this, I’m praising God who gave us all good things to enjoy. Even news such as this.
