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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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"To date, embryonic stem cell research has not produced a single medical treatment, where ethical, adult stem cell research has produced some 67 medical miracles."

"To date, embryonic stem cell research has not produced a single medical treatment, where ethical, adult stem cell research has produced some 67 medical miracles."

Mike Pence, American Politician

Medical, Miracles, Research, Treatment

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"The bill would ban human cloning, and any attempts at human cloning, for both reproductive purposes and medical research. Also forbidden is the importing of cloned embryos or products made from them."

"The bill would ban human cloning, and any attempts at human cloning, for both reproductive purposes and medical research. Also forbidden is the importing of cloned embryos or products made from them."

Ken Calvert, American Politician

Medical, Forbidden, Research

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"I wanted to go to medical school. But, I never got a college scholarship."

"I wanted to go to medical school. But, I never got a college scholarship."

Edwin Moses, American Athlete

Medical, College, School

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"My PSA was normal but the DRE indicated there may be a problem."

"My PSA was normal but the DRE indicated there may be a problem."

Len Dawson, American Athlete

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"The Navy's paid for you to go through school, and then they need doctors to go out and take care of people who are in various different parts of the world. I decided to pay back my time first as an undersea medical officer. I was stationed in Scotland."

"The Navy's paid for you to go through school, and then they need doctors to go out and take care of people who are in various different parts of the world. I decided to pay back my time first as an undersea medical officer. I was stationed in Scotland."

Laurel Clark, American Astronaut

Medical, Time, People, Care

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"After I read all the medical journals and watched all the documentaries, I still didn't understand the physical sensation of ticking and where it comes from and what it feels like."

"After I read all the medical journals and watched all the documentaries, I still didn't understand the physical sensation of ticking and where it comes from and what it feels like."

Robin Tunney, American Actress

"Immortality Device has been tested and researched by medical researchers all over the world from time to time. They email me and told me what they found. I post their results sometimes on my site."

"Immortality Device has been tested and researched by medical researchers all over the world from time to time. They email me and told me what they found. I post their results sometimes on my site."

Alex Chiu, American Businessman

Medical, Time, Immortality, Post

"Yes, there is a story about Agent Orange, and we knew that it harmed our troops and we knew how long it was to get the medical community to accept that, the military to accept it, the VA to accept it."

"Yes, there is a story about Agent Orange, and we knew that it harmed our troops and we knew how long it was to get the medical community to accept that, the military to accept it, the VA to accept it."

Christopher Shays, American Politician

Medical, Community, Military, Troops

"I spent some time at White Memorial Medical Center as a senior medical student doing a rotation in surgery; however, I felt I wasn't getting enough time assisting."

"I spent some time at White Memorial Medical Center as a senior medical student doing a rotation in surgery; however, I felt I wasn't getting enough time assisting."

Samuel Wilson, American Public Servant

"My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again."

"My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

"After wrestling with myself for six months, I began medical treatment. During that time I started a band with some friends of mine called Jack's Car, but that didn't last."

"After wrestling with myself for six months, I began medical treatment. During that time I started a band with some friends of mine called Jack's Car, but that didn't last."

Jack Irons, American Musician

Medical, Time, Car, Friends

"I was the Chair of the first department of medical physics in a medical school in the U.S."

"I was the Chair of the first department of medical physics in a medical school in the U.S."

John Cameron, American Scientist

Medical, First, Physics, School

"The growth of technology is such that it is not possible today for a nuclear physicist to switch into medical physics without training. The field is now much more technical. More training is needed to do the job."

"The growth of technology is such that it is not possible today for a nuclear physicist to switch into medical physics without training. The field is now much more technical. More training is needed to do the job."

John Cameron, American Scientist

Medical, Technology, Growth, Job

"Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water."

"Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water."

Paul Farmer, American Educator

Medical, Care, Rights, Now

"With tens of thousands of patients dying every year from preventable medical errors, it is imperative that we embrace available technologies and drastically improve the way medical records are handled and processed."

"With tens of thousands of patients dying every year from preventable medical errors, it is imperative that we embrace available technologies and drastically improve the way medical records are handled and processed."

Jon Porter, American Politician

Medical, Dying, Errors

"My mother was told she couldn't go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system."

"My mother was told she couldn't go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

Medical, Mother, Public, School

"I'd like to think Helen very much understood what it was to be disadvantaged in the medical field. And that that was something that she never let dictate her choices."

"I'd like to think Helen very much understood what it was to be disadvantaged in the medical field. And that that was something that she never let dictate her choices."

Mary Stuart Masterson, American Actress

Medical, Choices

"Reform of the medical liability system should be considered as part of a comprehensive response to surging medical malpractice premiums that endanger Americans' access to quality medical care."

"Reform of the medical liability system should be considered as part of a comprehensive response to surging medical malpractice premiums that endanger Americans' access to quality medical care."

Lincoln Chafee, American Politician

Medical, Quality, Americans, Care

"No one wants to go back to a situation where, if you have a pre-existing medical condition, you, you can be deprived of coverage. No one wants to go back to a situation where, if you get seriously ill, you can get thrown off your insurance. Seniors don't want to go back to paying more for their prescription drugs."

"No one wants to go back to a situation where, if you have a pre-existing medical condition, you, you can be deprived of coverage. No one wants to go back to a situation where, if you get seriously ill, you can get thrown off your insurance. Seniors don't want to go back to paying more for their prescription drugs."

David Axelrod, American Public Servant

Medical, Drugs, Want

"Harvard Medical School, the University of South Florida and the American Psychiatric Association have all conducted studies showing that the earlier one begins gambling, the more likely it is he or she will become an addicted, problem gambler."

"Harvard Medical School, the University of South Florida and the American Psychiatric Association have all conducted studies showing that the earlier one begins gambling, the more likely it is he or she will become an addicted, problem gambler."

Spencer Bachus, American Politician

Medical, Gambling, School

"Eating disorders can have serious medical and psychological consequences which, left unchecked, can kill. Parents should address this issue and ask their children to discuss how they feel about themselves."

"Eating disorders can have serious medical and psychological consequences which, left unchecked, can kill. Parents should address this issue and ask their children to discuss how they feel about themselves."

Tipper Gore, American Celebrity

Medical, Children, Consequences, Eating

"The current medical records system is this: Room after room after room in a hospital filled with paper files."

"The current medical records system is this: Room after room after room in a hospital filled with paper files."

Timothy Murphy, American Soldier

"Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research."

"Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research."

Ike Skelton, American Politician

Medical, People, Investment, Research

"Today we see a human population of over 6 billion people, many of whom have serious medical conditions, which either can't be treated or cannot be treated economically."

"Today we see a human population of over 6 billion people, many of whom have serious medical conditions, which either can't be treated or cannot be treated economically."

Ralph Merkle, American Scientist

Medical, People, Population, Today

"I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it."

"I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it."

Christiaan Barnard, South African Scientist

"When I entered medical physics in 1958 there were fewer than 100 in the U.S. and I could see many opportunities to apply my knowledge of nuclear physics."

"When I entered medical physics in 1958 there were fewer than 100 in the U.S. and I could see many opportunities to apply my knowledge of nuclear physics."

John Cameron, American Scientist

Medical, Knowledge, Physics

"There are now over 5,000 medical physicists in the U.S more than 50 times the number in 1958."

"There are now over 5,000 medical physicists in the U.S more than 50 times the number in 1958."

John Cameron, American Scientist

"Against the State, against the Church, against the silence of the medical profession, against the whole machinery of dead institutions of the past, the woman of today arises."

"Against the State, against the Church, against the silence of the medical profession, against the whole machinery of dead institutions of the past, the woman of today arises."

Margaret Sanger, American Activist

Medical, Church, Past, Profession

"My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown up with a sense of complicity in the lives of other people, so there's no virtue in that; it's the way one is raised."

"My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown up with a sense of complicity in the lives of other people, so there's no virtue in that; it's the way one is raised."

Colin Firth, British Actor

Medical, People, Virtue, Grandparents

"In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science."

"In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science."

Martin H. Fischer, American Physician

Medical, Science, Understanding, Worth

"If we don't change, millions of American families are just one medical emergency, or one layoff, away from financial disaster and bankruptcy."

"If we don't change, millions of American families are just one medical emergency, or one layoff, away from financial disaster and bankruptcy."

Jim Cooper, American Politician

Medical, Change, Financial

"One goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success."

"One goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success."

Ashley Montagu, English Scientist

Medical, Success, College, Goodness

"The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not causes. Nothing more than the patching up of those attacked and the burying of those who are slain, without a thought being given to the real strong hold."

"The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not causes. Nothing more than the patching up of those attacked and the burying of those who are slain, without a thought being given to the real strong hold."

Edward Bach, English Scientist

Medical, Science, Thought, Failure

"In my second year, after moving to the Medical School, I began the courses of Anatomy and Physiology. I had begun to see that I was interested in cells and their functions."

"In my second year, after moving to the Medical School, I began the courses of Anatomy and Physiology. I had begun to see that I was interested in cells and their functions."

Sydney Brenner, British Scientist

Medical, School

"I broke down while at Oxford, was rejected by a record number of medical tribunals during the War, and finally got permission to leave Oxford and do civilian work till the War ended."

"I broke down while at Oxford, was rejected by a record number of medical tribunals during the War, and finally got permission to leave Oxford and do civilian work till the War ended."

Leonard Alfred George Strong, English Writer

Medical, War, Work

"There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man."

"There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man."

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, American Writer

Medical, Causes, Fact, Feet

"Millions of Americans every year depend upon medical imaging exams to diagnose disease and detect injury, and thousands more rely on radiation therapy to treat and cure their cancers."

"Millions of Americans every year depend upon medical imaging exams to diagnose disease and detect injury, and thousands more rely on radiation therapy to treat and cure their cancers."

Charles W. Pickering, American Judge

Medical, Americans, Cure, Disease

"I don't think there's any independent cartoonist whose stuff I don't like or respect in at least some way or another. We're all marginal laborers - we're practically medical oddities - so I don't see why we can't all be nice to each other."

"I don't think there's any independent cartoonist whose stuff I don't like or respect in at least some way or another. We're all marginal laborers - we're practically medical oddities - so I don't see why we can't all be nice to each other."

Chris Ware, American Artist

Medical, Respect

"The space industry is developing and delivering benefits that tie into our immediate needs and priorities here on Earth-for example, medical and materials research, and satellite communications."

"The space industry is developing and delivering benefits that tie into our immediate needs and priorities here on Earth-for example, medical and materials research, and satellite communications."

Marc Garneau, Canadian Astronaut

Medical, Benefits, Earth, Example

"I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry Niven and can figure out the language; distant enough to get me decent medical techniques and a ticket to the Moon."

"I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry Niven and can figure out the language; distant enough to get me decent medical techniques and a ticket to the Moon."

Larry Niven, American Writer

Medical, Future, Language, Moon

"Every year, more than 300 million x-rays, CT scans, MRIs and other medical imaging exams are performed in the United States, and seven out of 10 people undergo some type of radiologic procedure."

"Every year, more than 300 million x-rays, CT scans, MRIs and other medical imaging exams are performed in the United States, and seven out of 10 people undergo some type of radiologic procedure."

Charles W. Pickering, American Judge

Medical, People, states, United

"Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real and serious medical problem."

"Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real and serious medical problem."

Alice Hamilton, American Scientist

Medical, Speech

"I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945."

"I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945."

Eli Wallach, American Actor

Medical, Army, End, Hospitals

"A Harvard Medical School study has determined that rectal thermometers are still the best way to tell a baby's temperature. Plus, it really teaches the baby who's boss."

"A Harvard Medical School study has determined that rectal thermometers are still the best way to tell a baby's temperature. Plus, it really teaches the baby who's boss."

Tina Fey, American Comedian

Medical, Boss, Baby, School

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