I found out that colonels can stay until they drop dead or get a walker and being a critical medical specialty as an Army trained emergency room doctor, I could stay until age 67. Gerald Griffin agearmycolonel Change image and share on social
It is possible for the assembly-line worker consigned to tightening the bolts on the transmission and the office worker who processes medical insurance claims to work with pride and efficiency, but it's not easy to maintain that attitude. Paul Hawken assemblyattitudebolt share on social
The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes. Mark Twain biblechristiancontent Change image and share on social
The way that we are going after ageing, I think, is a problem. The modern medical model is basically designed to attack one disease at a time. Independent of all other diseases and independent of the basic process of ageing itself. S. Jay Olshansky ageattackbasic share on social
Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees. Ryan White factguaranteehundred Change image and share on social
Many medical students, like most American patients, confuse science and technology. They think that what it means to be a scientific doctor is to bring to bear the maximum amount of technology on any given patient. And this makes them dangerous. Alice Dreger americanamountbear share on social
The digital world has been in a separate orbit from our medical cocoon, and it's time the boundaries be taken down. Eric Topol boundarycocoondigital Change image and share on social
Mammograms are really sort of a gift. You can either catch something early or count your lucky stars because nothing was discovered. Either way, you're ahead of the game. Charlotte Ross aheadcatchcount Change image and share on social
Three of my children are medical doctors, they know at least a hundred times as much about your body as my grandfather knew, but they don't know much more about soul than he did. John Templeton bodychilddoctor Change image and share on social
