always amazed that people put up with side effects from medication that could be lessened by a different drug.
From experience, they probably don't know this!
They're developing a new form of chemo that specifically targets the cancer leaving healthy cells undamaged which is a major breakthrough, so I think its possible that medications without side effects will be possible. Still a couple of lifetimes away though I think.
Robotic surgery will become commonplace, with surgeons operating from another side of the world to the patient.
Eventually we should see a major shift towards preventative medicine with more emphasis on maintaining wellness rather than treating illness.
Genetic profiling will no doubt be part of this.
Bionics and the science to enable people to live to hitherto unforeseen ages...Its entirely possible we will see a much greater divide between the Haves and the Have Nots.
Assisted suicide will be legalised.
Anti biotic resistance needs to be dealt with.
Big ethical ramifications for all sorts of things will need to be worked through (definition of death, preventative medicine, bionics, modern-day eugenics etc).
And of course, new diseases will appear for which we won't have treatments.