Burden Quote by Harvey V. Fineberg

According to the comprehensive Global Burden of Disease project, the leading risk factors for ill health and premature death are linked to lifestyle, what…

— Jonas Gahr Store

I think many people with a chronic illness would prefer not to have their chronic illness, simply because it's high maintenance.

— Marya Hornbacher

It is a disturbing fact that Western civilization, which claims to have achieved the highest standard of health in history, finds itself compelled to…

— Rene Dubos

The preservation of health is easier than the cure for disease.

— B. J. Palmer

We also have people dying longer, we are able to keep people alive without much quality of life in many cases. We haven't done…

— Ken Dychtwald

The vast knowledge we have to prevent cancer, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses is staggering.

— Tom Rath

we've got to find a better way to handle the expense of disease. Odd as it may seem, the more efficient we become in…

— Alice Tisdale Hobart

Death is better than disease.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In the developed world, we live 30 years longer, on average, than our ancestors born a century ago, but the price we pay for…

— S. Jay Olshansky

“most diseases are delayable or preventable,”

— David B. Agus

I believe we can prevent or delay most disease until the 9th or 10th decade. The goal is to prevent anything that can affect…

— David Agus

Like many great ideas in biology, the idea implicating infectious causation in chronic diseases, though simple, has far-reaching implications. It is so simple and…

— Paul W. Ewald