The Blurry Line Between Medical Science and Miracles

Medical breakthroughs often seem like miracles, but are they really? Or is it just science advancing at the right time? For some, it doesn't matter. They see both as divine intervention. Take Howard, a retired doctor, who beat lymphoma in 2002 with a standard chemo treatment. His specialist warned him the cancer might return, but a new drug was on the horizon. Howard tried it and never had a relapse. Now, this combo treatment is the norm. Then there's Melvin, an Army major diagnosed with a deadly blood cancer in 1995. He was among the first to try a new drug in a clinical trial. Within a year, he was running marathons again.But not every new treatment is a miracle. Some are just hype. Dr. Scott Rodeo, a top sports physician, warns that regenerative medicine is still in its early stages. He's seen people get hurt or even blind from unproven stem cell treatments. In Kenya, some claim to cure diseases with magic spells. Even some doctors there believe in these so-called miracles. The Kenyan Medical Council is worried about this trend. Medical miracles do happen. They give us hope. But we should be careful. Not everything that sounds like a miracle is one.