Harvey Cushing Quotes

In Wisconsin, We're at the forefront of research that might one day bring cures for diseases like Parkinsons and Alzheimers, and we must seize its great potential.

American research and resources have literally changed the face of humanity, by tackling deadly and once-deadly diseases.

If we stop exploring space, we're going to lose the same part of us that found vaccines and penicillin, the part that searches for cures to cancer and AIDS.

I have a lot of respect for those in medicine that are trying to extend our lives or help us when we're sick.

My fascination is broadly with biology and the fact that our increased understanding of biology allows for breakthroughs in a broad set of diseases.

A doctor can save maybe a few hundred lives in a lifetime. A researcher can save the whole world.

Advances in technology and in our understanding of illness and disease together with an expanded workforce and greater resources will allow us to provide more services to a higher quality.

Throughout my career, as both a physician and a scientist, I have drawn inspiration from Merck's unwavering commitment to scientific excellence. Over time, this commitment has brought forth an unparalleled number of breakthrough medicines and vaccines that improve the lives of patients around the world.

If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer.

Research is what it's going to take to cure all these diseases.

I think if we can prevent a fatal disease, we should.

As medical research continues and technology enables new breakthroughs, there will be a day when malaria and most all major deadly diseases are eradicated on Earth.

In an ideal world, the amount of money we spend on medical research to prevent or cure a disease would be proportional to its seriousness and the number of people who suffer from it.

The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.

Dedicated researchers seek better treatments and cures for diabetes, kidney disease, Alzheimer's and every form of cancer. But these scientists face an array of disincentives. We can do better.

My job is to stay alive until the medicine and research catch up.

With all the technology we're inventing and what they're coming up with scientifically, people are having longer lifetimes. It's scary, but in the same sense it's also very exciting.

I think that research is incredibly important and hopefully one day there will be a cure for cancer. They are making great strides.

What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them?

The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.

I'm not against high-tech medicine. It has a secure place in the diagnosis and treatment of serious disease.

With the right policies and regulations, the opportunities for American medical advancement and scientific innovation are boundless.

We'll be investing in basic science research with the goal of curing disease.

It's the best time ever to be a doctor because you can heal and treat conditions that were untreatable even a few years ago.

Although I completed two years of internship in various small hospitals, I decided against continuing my medical training. I was much more fascinated by the unsolved problems of medicine than by practicing it.