I went through a pretty serious illness early in my life…

I've seen people recover physical abilities, yet never get over emotional trauma after a serious accident. I've seen other people overcome the psychological and…

— Jim Stovall

When you have a diagnosis of cancer, or any serious illness, your choices are basically to be passive and kind of accept whatever is…

— Hamilton Jordan

We will continue to do all we can to protect the public health against these dietary supplements that have been found to cause serious…

— Andrew von Eschenbach

I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about eight years old. Those…

— Pierre Loti

There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents…

— Sonia Sotomayor

A serious illness or a death advertises the doctor exactly as a hanging advertises the barrister who defended the person hanged.

— George Bernard Shaw

Scientists have demonstrated that dramatic, positive changes can occur in our lives as a direct result of facing an extreme challenge - whether it's…

— Jane McGonigal

Any patient who has a serious illness requiring multiple doctors understands the frustration of lost medical charts, repeated procedures, or having to share the…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

“The biology of potential illness arises early in life. The brain’s stress-response mechanisms are programmed by experiences beginning in infancy, and so are the…

— Gabor Maté

“Until fairly recently, every family had a cornucopia of favorite home remedies--plants and household items that could be prepared to treat minor medical emergencies,…

— Karen Sullivan

“not so heartbreaking. So it was with me after Tom’s death. In retrospect, I look at myself and my friends and I think that…

— Mary Alice Monroe

“8. Chapter 4 describes the birth of the assisted-living facility concept (Park Place), designed by Keren Wilson to provide her disabled mother, Jessie, with…

— Atul Gawande

“For one thing, empathy can subvert human well-being when it runs afoul of a more fundamental principle, fairness. Batson found that when people empathized…

— Steven Pinker

Diabetes is a serious illness that touches the lives of so many of our family members, friends and communities and we must do all…

— John Bel Edwards

“Most people live in fear of some terrible event changing their lives, the death of a loved one or a serious illness. For the…

— Jamie Weisman