Addiction is a chronic disease of the brain and it's one that we have to treat the way we would any other… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
It turns out the most powerful way we can turn the tide on chronic disease is something we have been doing for… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When we have emotional pain in our lives, we are going to seek to relieve that pain in some way. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Well, the responsibility of the surgeon general is to make sure that the public has access to science and access to it… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Many people feel that if they're lonely, that means that they're not likable or that they're broken in some way. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I think people often forget how powerful they are. Sometimes it just takes one voice to save a life. When we speak up we… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We don't do enough to help older people recognize how much they matter. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When I was Surgeon General, I spent a lot of time talking to people in living rooms and town halls all across the country,… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We can experience an erosion of self-esteem when we're lonely, as we come to believe that it's because we're not likable or because something… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Climate change poses a serious, immediate and global threat to health. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I trained in internal medicine, and I expected most of my time would be spent on diabetes or heart disease or cancer. What I… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I do not intend to use the Surgeon General's Office as a bully pulpit for gun control. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We know that chronic loneliness has consequences. It certainly depresses our mood. And in terms of our health, people who struggle with loneliness also… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
You can be surrounded by many people but still feel quite lonely if you don't have strong connections and if you feel you can't… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When people tell you that you're less-than and that you don't matter and that you're inferior, you internalize some of that. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Service is a powerful pathway of getting out of loneliness. It takes the focus off of you and puts it onto someone else. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
