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  • Haldan Keffer Hartline on medical

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    “Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits.” -Haldan Keffer Hartline

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  • Tabare Vazquez on medical

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    “Because of my medical and ideological training, I am accustomed to saying that life is adaptation and symbiosis.” -Tabare Vazquez

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  • Les Aspin on medical

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    “We ought to be providing protective sanctuaries for the Kurdish rebels. That means finding some places where they can come and to which we will then be able to provide food and water and medical help.” -Les Aspin

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  • Rebecca Skloot on medical

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    “The sort of thinking at the time was, ‘Well, we’re giving you access to medical care which you wouldn’t otherwise be able to get, so your payment is that we get to use you in research.’” -Rebecca Skloot

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  • Peter Lewis Allen on medical

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    “Medical research in the twentieth century mostly takes place in the lab in the Renaissance, though, researchers went first and foremost to the library to see what the ancients had said.” -Peter Lewis Allen

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  • Johannes Vilhelm Jensen on medical

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    “The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work.” -Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

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  • Ken Wilber on medical

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    “I went to Duke University in the medical track. And then I decided I wanted to do something more creative, so I switched to biochemistry at Nebraska.” -Ken Wilber

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  • Sandra Fluke on medical

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    “I was proud to share the stories of my friends at Georgetown Law who have suffered dire medical consequences because our student insurance does not cover contraception for the purpose of preventing pregnancy.” -Sandra Fluke

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  • John Paul Stevens on medical

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    “To make a coverage decision, doesn’t one have to make a medical judgment?” -John Paul Stevens

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  • Richard Dooling on medical

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    “And it was back in the mid-1980s, and as I point out in a piece, that was when we are spending about eight percent of our gross domestic product on health care. And even then, we had the impression that so much of the excessive, aggressive medical treatment that took place at the end of…

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  • Tama Janowitz on medical

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    “On bad days, I think I’d like to be a plastic surgeon who goes to Third World countries and operates on children in villages with airlifts, and then I think, ‘Yeah, right, I’m going to go back to undergraduate school and take all the biology I missed and then go to medical school.’ No. No.”…

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  • Ken Calvert on medical

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    “The bill would ban human cloning, and any attempts at human cloning, for both reproductive purposes and medical research. Also forbidden is the importing of cloned embryos or products made from them.” -Ken Calvert

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  • Christiaan Barnard on medical

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    “I don’t believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it.” -Christiaan Barnard

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  • Jeff Raikes on medical

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    “When families save, they can get through emergencies like a bad harvest or a medical emergency. But it’s more than that. They can also plan for the future, gradually saving up for a small business or for their children’s school tuition.” -Jeff Raikes

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  • Jonathan Kellerman on medical

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    “I don’t practice, but I am still officially in paediatrics. I keep in touch with journals, and I have a very good data bank of medical information and there is a key thing for a writer knowing where to go. I know where to go to get the information that I need.” -Jonathan Kellerman

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  • Richard Reeves on medical

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    “Kennedy lied and lied about his health while he was alive, even using his father’s influence to get into the Navy without ever taking a medical examination.” -Richard Reeves

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  • Ernest Lawrence on medical

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    “In the Radiation Laboratory we count it a privilege to do everything we can to assist our medical colleagues in the application of these new tools to the problems of human suffering.” -Ernest Lawrence

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  • Gerald F. Lieberman on medical

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    “There are three subjects on which the knowledge of the medical profession in general is woefully weak they are manners, morals, and medicine.” -Gerald F. Lieberman

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  • Laurent Lamothe on medical

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    “Canadians have been very generous toward Haiti after the earthquake and, thanks to you, our most vulnerable people have received food, drinkable water, shelter, medical care and education. For that, we are extremely grateful.” -Laurent Lamothe

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  • Lennart Nilsson on medical

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    “I have many times thought I did the wrong thing, but the reason was not to be a medical doctor – it was just to have the information. But then, maybe I was wrong, I don’t know.” -Lennart Nilsson

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  • Robert Urich on medical

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    “Charge forward with hope and get the best medical advice you can. Talk to your friends, neighbors, family, and together you attack it. We can’t always control what happens to us, but we can always control how we react to it.” -Robert Urich

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  • Koo Stark on medical

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    “I have no qualms about saying I am more confident in the medical treatment in America. The breast cancer survival rate is 20 per cent higher than in the UK.” -Koo Stark

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  • Bill Nelson on medical

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    “Americans of all ages deserve quality end-of-life medical care.” -Bill Nelson

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  • Doug Ose on medical

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    “Drug abuse is a medical disease that requires medical professionals.” -Doug Ose

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  • Daniel Nathans on medical

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    “So I applied to medical school and received a scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University turned out to be a lucky choice. The faculty was scholarly and dedicated and accessible to students.” -Daniel Nathans

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