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    A lot of the patients I've been seeing, what they want to know is whether I see black, furry stuff inside of them. The answer is no, ... I think the air quality is safe. I think it's noxious. But is it dangerous No.

    We are excited about this discovery because it provides a genetic test that will lead to improved patient diagnoses, and gives us new insight into the causes of ataxia and other neurodegenerative diseases, an important step towards developing an effective

    I can say with conviction that the struggle which evil necessitates is one of the greatest blessings. It makes us strong, patient, helpful men and women. It lets us into the soul of things and teaches us that although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcomings of it. My optimism, then, does not rest on the absence of evil, but on a glad belief in the preponderance of good and a willing effort always to cooperate with the good, that it may prevail.





    Those of us who care about the last days of terminally ill people know that we have to focus instead on making advance directives more effective. We need to strengthen advance directive laws, to ensure that health care providers check to see if a patient has a directive before instituting medical interventions. If a patient has directed that no life-sustaining treatment be provided, this wish must be respected.

    We want everyone to be aware of the breadth of research pertaining to the pork industry being done here at Iowa State. Faculty from the colleges of Agriculture, Engineering, Human Sciences and Veterinary Medicine are involved in doing research, and they work with our Extension folks on getting those results out to clients who need and want that information.

    I was very pleased to see Woody. He looked like he was doing pretty good. He didn't look like a guy who was operated on. It shows you what modern medicine can do. They told us when Woody went in, there was a good chance he wouldn't have much swelling because he didn't have much swelling on his shoulder.

    Alcoholism is a disease, but it's the only one you can get yelled at for having. Goddamn it Otto, you are an alcoholic. Goddamn it Otto, you have Lupis... one of those two doesn't sound right.


    To me the fact that we don't have a screening test for the biggest cancer killer in the nation is the best indicator of how little resources have been put toward this disease. It is absolutely abhorrent to me that we don't have a screening test for this disease.

    This will effectively be a godsend for small business owners particularly our constituents. They have repeatedly pleaded, prayed and demanded a product that is affordable and answers the need for healthcare.


    If we're going to do this operation at all in patients 65 and older, it should really be done in places that can deliver the lowest risks to the patient.


    Irregular contact with doctors means many men fail to receive any preventive care for potentially life-threatening conditions. In addition, when men do seek care, embarrassment can often prevent them from openly discussing health concerns with their physicians.

    Swans fly no more than 50km a day. Looking at the way the disease has spread one day it's in Italy, a day later it's in the north of Germany that makes us believe that there are other bird species spreading the disease.


    Now when you have administrators deciding what sexuality is, and what's a taboo and what's not in terms of content, you got guys, like, Trent Lott who equates homosexuality with a disease.

    About 15 to 20 of patients have emotional or psychological needs that have not been adequately dealt with. We have been so focused on disease treatment that those important elements have traditionally been given lower priority.


    Cord blood stem cell units have been shown to be a suitable alternative to adult bone marrow for the treatment of many diseases, including sickle cell anemia.

    We need to come home and get a good feeling. We need great energy and great fan energy (tonight) and Sunday against Indiana. It's so key. I hope it's the best medicine, so we can cure a lot of things and have a great finish.




    It was those little mistakes. They came out aggressive. We just had to be patient. And late in the first half we did, letting things come to us. We made that run and got back in the game.

    The purpose of a consent is basically to protect the doctor or protect the company that supplied the vaccine. And so that the patient really shouldn't be able to say 'please give me this vaccine' then turn around then sue the person that gives it to them. I think that's a wise precaution for the doctor to have in place.

    If Spitzer's lawsuit is successful, it could be an important milestone because companies would logically become more open about flaws and complaints, ... If you have to pay a price for inferior products, you'll be more careful about quality. It could be positive for patients.



    The Partnership for Prescription Assistance is changing thousands of lives everyday. No one's helped by a medicine that sits on a shelf and is out of reach financially.

    The children, who had succumbed to the disease are usually admitted under stressful condition, with neurological signs, while those who come early for treatment can survive.



    Often what is deeply offensive to Chinese-Americans that they are really well-represented in medicine, and yet on all these doctors' shows you hardly see any Chinese-American faces.

    When Great-Aunt Martha says uncle so-and-so had a 'touch of sugar,' it means he had diabetes. When someone says aunt so-and-so was senile, it could mean she had Alzheimer's disease. When someone had 'hardening of the arteries,' it usually means coronary a

    And he's just so patient. He never sees Douglas as in his Terrible Twos. He just says, 'Wow, he's talking so much.' He's amazingly patient and gentle with his children. He's just unreal. He does everything.


    Let us not say that we will decide on a political basis at the national level that no State is competent to regulate the practice of medicine in that State if they decide to allow a doctor to prescribe marijuana, because that is what we are talking about.


    The Socratic method was more a part of Mr. Shore's law-school training than might exist in medical education. It's certainly a very effective tool to tear people apart, to rip them down, to build them up, ... That's what House is all about.



    The reality is that what you find out is that your head is the medicine. If your head is not in the right place and you don't think positively, all the medicine technology in the world is not going to work.



    We are pleased with this partnership and how it will support our goal of improving the outcomes of patient care. We are placing more of our world-class, clinical information where health practitioners need it to support their clinical decisions--directly at the point of care.



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