Avoid Quote by S. Jay Olshansky

The fact is that nothing in gerontology even comes close to fulfilling the promise of dramatically extended lifespan, in spite of bold claims to…

— S. Jay Olshansky

Medical science has oppressed us with a new huge burden of longevity. It is in that last undesired decade, when passion is cold, appetites…

— Evelyn Waugh

The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.

— Herodotus

“The diagnostic enterprise hinges on an optimistic notion: that disease is part of a natural world that only awaits our understanding. But even if…

— Gary Greenberg

My main frustration is the fear of cancer from low dose radiation, even by radiologists.

— John Cameron

“In truth, so far modern medicine hasn’t extended our natural life span by a single year. Its great achievement has been to save us…

— Yuval Noah Harari

I think we're rapidly approaching the day where medical science can keep people alive in hospitals, hooked up to tubes and things, far beyond…

— Richard Lamm

In fast moving fields like cancer, where doctors tailor treatments based on evidence that's constantly evolving, two years can be an eternity of waiting…

— Scott Gottlieb

prejudice will always exist. So will sickness and disease, but that scarcely seems sufficient reason for telling our medical scientists to put on their…

— Margaret Halsey

It is time to lay to rest the notion that germs jump into people and cause diseases.

— E. Cheraskin

“According to Hugh Thomas, author of 'A History of the World', the greatest medical advance in history has been garbage collection. The greatest psychological…

— Brad Blanton

In my view, the only recourse for a scientist concerned about the social consequences of his work is to remain involved with it to…

— Arthur William Galston