Preventative Care Quotes

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

Far too many times over the next 12 to 15 years, it was brought to my attention that people who followed my exercise guidelines exactly but ignored their diet, their weight and their cigarette smoking had heart attacks at age 55.

if you don't get sick, you won't get well.

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

We need to stop trying to restrict access to lifesaving cancer screenings, birth control, and well-woman exams.

I'm trying to live until I'm at least 65 or 70, so I might as well try and stay healthy until at least that long.

True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All health care is personal.

If one of you pass out and go to the emergency room, the hospital has to see you. But when you go to the emergency room, you've had a stroke, or you've had a heart attack. If you had preventative medicine, you could maybe be taking your high blood pressure medicine so you wouldn't have a stroke and cut down the costs.

As I get older, I just need to continue to make sure I'm staying in peak shape and taking care of my body the best I can.

The world cannot continue to build larger health care systems where you just sit around and wait for people to get sick.

I know that some things are beyond our control, some illnesses are beyond our control, we get sick, we don't know why. But let's pledge to do whatever we can to avoid those high medical bills.

I've been to enough other countries in the world to know what happens when you have socialized single-payer health care. It works. People don't get sick as much. They don't lose their life savings with a catastrophic illness like cancer or AIDS.

At a time when the cost of health care is skyrocketing, the potential economic impact of mind/body medicine is considerable.

America has the best doctors, the best nurses, the best hospitals, the best medical technology, the best medical breakthrough medicines in the world. There is absolutely no reason we should not have in this country the best health care in the world.

The health of Americans must no longer be a commodity to be traded, bought, or sold for profit by the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. We must promote medical and Medicaid home models to provide comprehensive care for body, mind, and spirit.

I feel fit and well - I know that I have to look after my health, but turning 30 is no reason to start considering the end of my career.

With the right care at the right time, a huge number of people could stay independent much longer, with a higher quality of life.

The best doctor gives the least medicines.

Dr. Jasper didn't care if they got their checkups, their medications.

I was very blessed with a good body. Never got hurt. Never was in the hospital. The only time I was in the hospital was when I would get exhausted a little bit, and go in for a check-up or something.

Tens of billions of dollars could be saved in Medicare and Medicaid alone by eliminate fraud and improving patient care. Not only would this save money, but it will save lives.

People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.

It's very important to keep yourself fit when you are young. Many people take youth for granted and start taking care of their health only as they get older.

After 60, it's just patch, patch, patch.

Look, if you have somebody who doesn't have health insurance, who doesn't have a doctor or dentist, and in order to deal with their cold or flu or dental problem, they go to an emergency room - in general, that visit will cost ten times more than walking into a community health center.