RT Journal
A1 Schalick WO, III
T1 THe fog of war and the declining prevalence of mental retardation
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2006
FD March 1
VO 160
IS 3
SP 318
OP 320
DO 10.1001/archpedi.160.3.318
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.160.3.318
AB 
We need to be reminded of our limitations. In the face of great strides in medical research, legislators, scientists, and the public are often seduced into unbridled optimism by medical breakthroughs—the hope of cure. Such optimism is impelled by revolutionary therapies and dramatic leaps in understanding, the basis of Nobel Prizes. Similarly, the power of clean water, safe food production, and general sanitation stand as modern accomplishments. But our perception is also driven by publicly waged wars on cancer, drugs, and AIDS, for these wars are backed by presidential prestige and congressional allocations, high-profile stuff.