Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ultimately, I think the patients need to step up on this issue.

Jeffrey Williams

We have salvageable patients we are going to lose because we can't get these people out of here. They are human beings, after all.

What the studies are showing is that exercise, at least when performed in a group setting, seems to be at least as effective as standard antidepressant medications in reducing symptoms in patients with major depression,

We want people to realize that while we are a national organization and our roots are in the community. We do raise a lot of money but we are also something patients can call on when they need something.

We always encourage patients to consult with their doctors to determine the best approach to treating any health problem.

On the basis of these results, our care of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer must change today.

James Lind

On the 20th of May, 1747, I took twelve patients in the scurvy on board the Salisbury at sea. Their cases were as similar as I could have them.

One of the key factors contributing to this country's rising asthma epidemic is that patients are not equipped to recognize and manage their triggers and symptoms. As a result, patients don't effectively communicate with their doctors and end up comprising basic daily activities.

One of the potential uses we envision is to use the ART treatment as a way to use tumor components to immunize cancer patients against their own cancer cells, ... The current problem with this treatment strategy is that the tumor gives off a variety of soluble products which we don't fully understand, but which we know wreck havoc on the immune system by suppressing its various components. If we can use the ART drugs to increase the number of newly produced T cells in cancer patients first, we can potentially improve the likelihood of getting a cancer vaccine to work.

I would give it to all of my friends and patients who are 60 years of age or over and haven't yet had shingles.

If we really want to be able to have an impact on some of the illness that is associated with this disease, we need to educate both the patients and the physicians,

If we're going to do this operation at all in patients 65 and older, it should really be done in places that can deliver the lowest risks to the patient.

When I entered the field in July 1958 I believed what they told me about radiation risks. I spent much effort reducing the dose to patients in radiology.

We usually average 80 to 90 patients in 24 hours.

Brad Sherman

The process of making art frees people from the pressures of their illness and offers them a means of expression for their underlying feelings. As a result, people are better able to cope with the effects of their situation. The Creative Center training taught us to deal with the many issues we will face when we make art with families, patients and hospital staff.

Thomas Pogge

Medicines are unusual commodities. Important drugs can save the lives and protect the health of millions. Their consumption can bring huge benefits, by helping patients to avoid infection and preventing serious damage to the economies of families, nations and even humanity at large.

The poor had to deal with charity hospitals. If admitted to these institutions, they were housed and fed, but they also shared beds and germs with all the other diseased patients in their wards, and often received little medical help; if they were refused admission, they suffered and died in the streets.

Kevin Young

When you can incorporate a medical device to an existing technology, it's a logical step. Patients will already be very familiar with it because it exists in their lives.

We want to make sure they're healthy in every way. We don't want to have two patients after the operation, so we put them through a pretty thorough exam.

There are other centers in the Valley, but we're different because we are the only full-service reproductive center, ... Out patients don't have to drive to Cleveland or Pittsburgh for anything, we can do it all here. It's especially nice with our bad winters.

He has many patients that have been awaiting this result that obviously need his attention and care.

What Merck has going for them in this case is that the plaintiffs are still alive. Beyond that, these are the more relevant cases to the plaintiffs because the patients allegedly have taken the drug for more than the 18-month interval. It makes the case more compelling.

Anne Johnson

There is no attempt by Walter Reed to hide the number of patients we receive.

Gary Bennett

There is no evidence of direct harm to patients, but the potential was there for lethal harm to patients and we are taking the strongest action to deal with the problem,

There is growing evidence across the nation that shows early diagnosis and treatment of patients dramatically improves their ability to survive a stroke and fully recover.

We try to make sure our front line people who work with our patients are familiar with the guidelines and who will qualify. It's kind of like going to college and applying for financial aid. It's there if you qualify.

We've exhausted all diplomatic measures to try and stop the plan. Now the caregivers are on an all-out campaign to expose this plan for what it is -- a plan to save money on the backs of health-care patients and workers.

Jerry Miller

With major insurance companies diverting patients from emergency rooms to our clinic we have expectations of exceeding the original number of 30 patients a day.

If we can give patients exercises that are easily altered for home practice, they will be much more likely to continue therapy on their own and have success. Because mental practice can produce such powerful reactions in the body and the brain, we think stroke patients can benefit substantially from this exercise.

If we can use PET scanning to follow response, patients won't need repeated invasive tests. This would save them from getting an added surgical procedure. And we can see, in a very short time, probably in less than a week, whether the drug is working.

If we can raise the money in a couple of weeks, or a couple of months, that's great, we'll get started on the project right away. If the fund-raising goes more slowly, we may need to look at other things the hospital can do to help. That might mean providing a bus for transporting dialysis patients back and forth to Sioux City.

I don't break the confidentiality of my patients if it's not legally mandated.

I am committing all the necessary resources of the company to address these issues, ... We will continue to work closely with the FDA in order to deliver on our promise to bring these innovative new medicines to patients as quickly as possible.