Word: bulleting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...However, in an otherwise benign piece from November 25 ("Cancer: The Good News"), Time reported that "the bad news is that all those billions spent on research in basic science may have had little to do with [the decline in cancer deaths]. Doctors have still not found a magic bullet against cancer, and it is becoming increasingly clear that they probably never will...
Although it is true that the majority of the decline in cancer deaths is due to prevention, it is unduly pessimistic to assume that doctors will probably never find a cure for cancer. It is even misleading to say that because we haven't found the magic bullet, we have not achieved anything in fighting the disease. Medicine does not involve only two options: cure or no cure. Instead, alleviation of symptoms, improved quality and extension of life aids sufferers when no cure exists. However, an even more disturbing implication of the article is that because basic research...
...media has a responsibility to paint a true picture of the importance of basic research, especially cancer research. Medicine can eliminate few diseases completely with a magic bullet as it did polio (which the World Health Organization believes has been eliminated through vaccines.) But it can significantly improve the prognosis for patients, as it does for diabetics who can lead a near-normal lifestyle without a cure. In this war against cancer, we do not have to decimate the enemy to win. Each small achievement is a victory...
...among the most effective safety devices ever developed for cars and trucks. Yet that is just what auto-safety experts like Ralph Hoar believe. "The debate over air bags has always been distorted," argues Hoar, a consultant in Arlington, Virginia. "Air bags have been sold as the silver bullet that will save you or the lead one that will kill you. They have been oversold and demonized...
...news is that all those billions spent on research into basic science may have had little to do with it. Doctors have still not found a magic bullet against cancer, and it is becoming increasingly clear that they probably never will. Instead, most of the gains reported last week stemmed from such factors as changes in life-style, reduced exposure to chemicals in the workplace and better detection of malignant growths...