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"The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks."

"The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks."

Michael Kinsley, American Journalist

Medical, Commerce, Court, Judges

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"There are three subjects on which the knowledge of the medical profession in general is woefully weak; they are manners, morals, and medicine."

"There are three subjects on which the knowledge of the medical profession in general is woefully weak; they are manners, morals, and medicine."

Gerald F. Lieberman, American Writer

Medical, Knowledge, Manners, Medicine

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"Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances."

"Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances."

Julie Bishop, Australian Politician

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"Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees."

"Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees."

Ryan White, American Celebrity

Medical, People, Facts, Listening

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"That's the thing. in medicine, you're used to saying there's a problem within the person, and saying there's a problem within the culture, that's not a medical answer. Medicine has to look in one direction, so there's only one type of answer that they can find."

"That's the thing. in medicine, you're used to saying there's a problem within the person, and saying there's a problem within the culture, that's not a medical answer. Medicine has to look in one direction, so there's only one type of answer that they can find."

Chester Brown, Canadian Cartoonist

Medical, Culture, Direction, Medicine

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"As a former professional patient advocate, I believe prescription drugs are an essential part of high-quality medical treatment, and I supported enactment of the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act."

"As a former professional patient advocate, I believe prescription drugs are an essential part of high-quality medical treatment, and I supported enactment of the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act."

Sue Kelly, American Politician

Medical, Act, Drugs, Treatment

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"I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation."

"I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation."

Taylor Caldwell, American Author

Medical, Medicine

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"Only medical hypnosis is capable of opening up amnesia."

"Only medical hypnosis is capable of opening up amnesia."

Betty Hill, American Celebrity

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"If someone lives in New York, he's a New Yorker - they are entitled to the best medical system in the world."

"If someone lives in New York, he's a New Yorker - they are entitled to the best medical system in the world."

George Pataki, American Politician

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"But I contend that if we're providing total medical coverage for every man, woman, and child in Iraq, shouldn't we at least be doing the same thing for every man, woman, and child in the United States?"

"But I contend that if we're providing total medical coverage for every man, woman, and child in Iraq, shouldn't we at least be doing the same thing for every man, woman, and child in the United States?"

Tony Campolo, American Clergyman

Medical, Iraq, Man, states

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"I took anatomy classes. I went to medical libraries and talked to doctors and nutritionists. I did the whole thing before using myself as a human guinea pig."

"I took anatomy classes. I went to medical libraries and talked to doctors and nutritionists. I did the whole thing before using myself as a human guinea pig."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

Medical, Doctors, Libraries

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"For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice."

"For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

Medical, Exercise, Loss, Voice

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"In our own state, we came up with, I think, what was a very novel approach to closing the gap on the uninsured. To harmonize medical records - which was a major step in getting costs out of the system."

"In our own state, we came up with, I think, what was a very novel approach to closing the gap on the uninsured. To harmonize medical records - which was a major step in getting costs out of the system."

Jon Huntsman, Jr., American Politician

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"Americans of all ages deserve quality end-of-life medical care."

"Americans of all ages deserve quality end-of-life medical care."

Bill Nelson, American Politician

Medical, Quality, Americans, Care

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"In the Radiation Laboratory we count it a privilege to do everything we can to assist our medical colleagues in the application of these new tools to the problems of human suffering."

"In the Radiation Laboratory we count it a privilege to do everything we can to assist our medical colleagues in the application of these new tools to the problems of human suffering."

Ernest Lawrence, American Scientist

Medical, Privilege, Problems, Suffering

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"Yet it looks as if the thing we use to solve our problems with is the source of our problems. It's like going to the doctor and having him make you ill. In fact, in 20% of medical cases we do apparently have that going on. But in the case of thought, its far over 20%."

"Yet it looks as if the thing we use to solve our problems with is the source of our problems. It's like going to the doctor and having him make you ill. In fact, in 20% of medical cases we do apparently have that going on. But in the case of thought, its far over 20%."

David Bohm, American Scientist

Medical, Thought, Fact, Problems

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"Even people who feel perfectly comfortable investing in the stock market and owning their own homes often have qualms about individual medical accounts or Social Security private accounts."

"Even people who feel perfectly comfortable investing in the stock market and owning their own homes often have qualms about individual medical accounts or Social Security private accounts."

Jacob Hacker, American Musician

Medical, People, Security

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"The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work."

"The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work."

Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish Author

Medical, Work, Literary, Physics

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"Kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan deserve to come back to 21st century medical care."

"Kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan deserve to come back to 21st century medical care."

Anthony Principi, American Secretary

Medical, Afghanistan, Care, Iraq

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"During a trip to Iraq last fall, I visited our theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base and witnessed these skilled medical professionals in action and met the brave soldiers whose lives they saved."

"During a trip to Iraq last fall, I visited our theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base and witnessed these skilled medical professionals in action and met the brave soldiers whose lives they saved."

Melissa Bean, American Politician

Medical, Action, Force, Iraq

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"We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American."

"We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American."

Barbara Boxer, American Politician

Medical, Technology, Doctors

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"Sometime they don't let you know that they know that they don't know everything, but the core of the medical approach is that you try to identify pathologies, which are subsystems within the human body or the larger system that are having undesirable consequences."

"Sometime they don't let you know that they know that they don't know everything, but the core of the medical approach is that you try to identify pathologies, which are subsystems within the human body or the larger system that are having undesirable consequences."

Guy Burgess, British Criminal

Medical, Body, Consequences

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"I can help a lot of other people who've gone through the same thing by building a center that will help men and women who don't have the funds to take care of themselves and get the medical treatment."

"I can help a lot of other people who've gone through the same thing by building a center that will help men and women who don't have the funds to take care of themselves and get the medical treatment."

David Gest, American Celebrity

Medical, Men, Women, People

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"The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care."

"The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care."

Sue Kelly, American Politician

Medical, Benefits, Care, Deep

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"Was this an old disease, and, if so, which one? If it was new, what did that say about the state of medical knowledge? And in any case, how could physicians make sense of it?"

"Was this an old disease, and, if so, which one? If it was new, what did that say about the state of medical knowledge? And in any case, how could physicians make sense of it?"

Peter Lewis Allen, American Author

Medical, Knowledge, Disease, Old

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"There's a lot of interest from the medical community on how things develop in microgravity, and the hope, later, that is expected to apply to what the changes are in humans as well."

"There's a lot of interest from the medical community on how things develop in microgravity, and the hope, later, that is expected to apply to what the changes are in humans as well."

Linda M. Godwin, American Astronaut

Medical, Hope, Community, Interest

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"And as a nurse, I know very well the importance, for example, of electronic medical records."

"And as a nurse, I know very well the importance, for example, of electronic medical records."

Lois Capps, American Politician

Medical, Example, Importance

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"'Early stages' is when the cancer is completely contained within the prostate. If it is detected when the cancer is entirely in the gland, the chance for full recovery is at its highest."

"'Early stages' is when the cancer is completely contained within the prostate. If it is detected when the cancer is entirely in the gland, the chance for full recovery is at its highest."

Len Dawson, American Athlete

Medical, Cancer, Chance

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"When I went to the University, the medical school was the only place where one could hope to find the means to study life, its nature, its origins, and its ills."

"When I went to the University, the medical school was the only place where one could hope to find the means to study life, its nature, its origins, and its ills."

Albert Claude, Belgian Scientist

Medical, Life, Nature, Hope

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"I would like to promote the concept of a partnership of insurance companies, physicians and hospitals in deploying a basic framework for an electronic medical records system that is affordable."

"I would like to promote the concept of a partnership of insurance companies, physicians and hospitals in deploying a basic framework for an electronic medical records system that is affordable."

Samuel Wilson, American Public Servant

Medical, Hospitals, Partnership, Physicians

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"And of course, identifying all human genes and proteins will have great medical significance."

"And of course, identifying all human genes and proteins will have great medical significance."

Daniel Nathans, American Scientist

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"I have devoted much time and energy to helping medical physics in developing countries."

"I have devoted much time and energy to helping medical physics in developing countries."

John Cameron, American Scientist

Medical, Time, Countries, Energy

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"The fact that he didn't get credit for a while is more the story of social injustice. But his own spirit wasn't driven by that, and wasn't dependent upon that. He just wished he had the cash to go to medical school."

"The fact that he didn't get credit for a while is more the story of social injustice. But his own spirit wasn't driven by that, and wasn't dependent upon that. He just wished he had the cash to go to medical school."

Mary Stuart Masterson, American Actress

Medical, Credit, Fact, Injustice

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"Medical research in the twentieth century mostly takes place in the lab; in the Renaissance, though, researchers went first and foremost to the library to see what the ancients had said."

"Medical research in the twentieth century mostly takes place in the lab; in the Renaissance, though, researchers went first and foremost to the library to see what the ancients had said."

Peter Lewis Allen, American Author

Medical, First, Research

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"Radio interoperability is essential for our police, fire, and emergency medical service departments to communicate with each other in times of emergency."

"Radio interoperability is essential for our police, fire, and emergency medical service departments to communicate with each other in times of emergency."

Lucille Roybal Allard, American Politician

Medical, Fire, Police, Service

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"We need to bridge the gap between the medical libraries and the hospital rooms; take the information out there already, add to it, focus it, harness it - and bring it to the patient who was just diagnosed today."

"We need to bridge the gap between the medical libraries and the hospital rooms; take the information out there already, add to it, focus it, harness it - and bring it to the patient who was just diagnosed today."

Bruce Vento, American Politician

Medical, Focus, Information, Libraries

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"Researches tested a new form of medical marijuana that treats pain but doesn't get the user high, prompting patients who need medical marijuana to declare, "Thank you?""

"Researches tested a new form of medical marijuana that treats pain but doesn't get the user high, prompting patients who need medical marijuana to declare, "Thank you?""

Jimmy Fallon, American Comedian

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"Developments in medical technology have long been confined to procedural or pharmaceutical advances, while neglecting a most basic and essential component of medicine: patient information management."

"Developments in medical technology have long been confined to procedural or pharmaceutical advances, while neglecting a most basic and essential component of medicine: patient information management."

John Doolittle, American Politician

Medical, Technology, Management, Information

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"Medical liability reform is not a Republican or Democrat issue or even a doctor versus lawyer issue. It is a patient issue."

"Medical liability reform is not a Republican or Democrat issue or even a doctor versus lawyer issue. It is a patient issue."

John Ensign, American Politician

Medical, Reform, Republican

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"There's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what's the problem?"

"There's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what's the problem?"

Phyllis Diller, American Comedian

Medical, Men, Cause, Crisis

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"Oh there are lots of doctors and medical professionals out there who buy my devices at whole sale price."

"Oh there are lots of doctors and medical professionals out there who buy my devices at whole sale price."

Alex Chiu, American Businessman

Medical, Doctors, Professionals

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"I'm a medical doctor and a biomedical scientist."

"I'm a medical doctor and a biomedical scientist."

Steven Hatfill, American Scientist

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"Without true medical liability reform, our doctors will continue to leave, and young doctors coming out of medical school $100,000 to $200,000 in debt will not be able to afford such onerous costs."

"Without true medical liability reform, our doctors will continue to leave, and young doctors coming out of medical school $100,000 to $200,000 in debt will not be able to afford such onerous costs."

Jim Gerlach, American Politician

Medical, Debt, Doctors, Reform

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"Ensuring Americans have access to adequate medical care should be a priority for all of us."

"Ensuring Americans have access to adequate medical care should be a priority for all of us."

Dave Reichert, American Politician

Medical, Americans, Care

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"I have many times thought I did the wrong thing, but the reason was not to be a medical doctor - it was just to have the information. But then, maybe I was wrong, I don't know."

"I have many times thought I did the wrong thing, but the reason was not to be a medical doctor - it was just to have the information. But then, maybe I was wrong, I don't know."

Lennart Nilsson, Swedish Photographer

Medical, Thought, Information, Reason

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"It worries me about our unwillingness to really address reforms and modernization in Medicare. This thing was designed 37 years ago. It has not evolved to keep pace with current medical technology."

"It worries me about our unwillingness to really address reforms and modernization in Medicare. This thing was designed 37 years ago. It has not evolved to keep pace with current medical technology."

John Sununu, American Politician

Medical, Technology, Years

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"Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits."

"Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits."

Haldan Keffer Hartline, American Scientist

Medical, Hope, Benefits, Research

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"Long gone are the days when hospital stays and surgeries made up the bulk of seniors' annual medical expenses."

"Long gone are the days when hospital stays and surgeries made up the bulk of seniors' annual medical expenses."

Jim Gerlach, American Politician

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"Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur."

"Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur."

Michael J. Fox, Canadian Actor

Medical, Science, Time, Progress

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"To make a coverage decision, doesn't one have to make a medical judgment?"

"To make a coverage decision, doesn't one have to make a medical judgment?"

John Paul Stevens, American Judge

Medical, Decision, Judgment

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