8. The discovery and development of medication to control depression
and other psychiatric illnesses (late
1900's)
The use of pharmacological
agents to influence brain chemistry and alleviate psychiatric
illness improved the lives of millions.
C. Anderson Hedberg
is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center and Rush Medical College. His Top 10 list mainly discusses the major developments in health and medicine. He cites far-reaching advances in the fight against disease and identifies a number of technological developments that had major impacts on human betterment.