“ Medical knowledge and technical savvy are biodegradable. The sort of medicine that was practiced in Boston or New York or Atlanta fifty years ago would be as strange to a medical student or intern tod… Lewis Thomas
“ The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescriptio… Norman Cousins
“ The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves most things, in fact, are better in the morning. Lewis Thomas
“ We need to accept the seemingly obvious fact that a toxic environment can make people sick and that no amount of medical intervention can protect us. The health care community must become a powerful p… Andrew Weil
“ Most medical physicists work in the physics of radiation oncology making sure that the desired dose is given to the cancer and the dose to normal tissues are minimized. John Cameron
“ Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate. Katherine Dunn
“ A pregnant woman facing the most dire circumstances must be able to count on her doctor to do what is medically necessary to protect her from serious physical harm. Barbara Mikulski
“ I'm 86 and my doctor used to tell me to slow down - at least he did until he dropped dead. Cesar Romero
“ Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the working… Sarah Palin
“ I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry Niven and can figure out the language distant enough to get me decent medical techniques and a ticket to the Moon. Larry Niven
“ That's the thing. in medicine, you're used to saying there's a problem within the person, and saying there's a problem within the culture, that's not a medical answer. Medicine has to look in one dire… Chester Brown
“ If we don't change, millions of American families are just one medical emergency, or one layoff, away from financial disaster and bankruptcy. Jim Cooper
“ If someone lives in New York, he's a New Yorker - they are entitled to the best medical system in the world. George Pataki
“ It's interesting when people make comments about celebrities' weight gain or lack of weight gain as if they're a medical professional that's treating that celebrity. Like, 'This doctor does not treat… Busy Philipps
“ When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much. Enid Bagnold
“ Five thousand people every day lose their home because of a medical bankruptcy. Most of them had insurance. Debbie Stabenow
“ At some point in every person's life, you will need an assisted medical device - whether it's your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacem… Aimee Mullins
“ Kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan deserve to come back to 21st century medical care. Anthony Principi
