Quotes About Prevention

I think most people are motivated to want to do what is best for themselves. People want to avoid STDs. I believe in a system that leaves it up to the individual to protect their own health.

It's easier and more cost effective to maintain good health, than to regain it once it's lost.

We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do about the causes of physical health.

It is possible to create an epidemic of health which is self-organizing and self-propelling.

HIV/AIDS has become much more than a health issue. HIV/AIDS is a development issue, it's a security issue.

Be not sick too late, nor well too soon

I want to encourage everyone to be proactive with their health and get checked out.

You help someone's health, and you prevent them from infecting others.

Our real world has evolved. It's become something much different, and inadvertently about healthcare, and about what it means to have good health, and to be able to have good health.

What we have in the United States is not so much a health-care system as a disease-care system.

Prevention of disease must become the goal of every physician.

We take our kids for physical vaccinations, dental exams, eye checkups. When do we think to take our - our son or daughter for a mental health checkup?

In the same way that our school system feels strongly about requiring vaccinations and annual physicals, I feel strongly that it is essential to add a mental health component to that annual physical.

Suicide is a serious thing. And if you know anyone who is suicidal, you need to get them help. No one should be in pain. Everyone should love themselves.

Knowing your genetic health risks will help you make better decisions.

The fact that there was no catastrophic pandemic in recent history does not mean there won't be another one. And we are certainly not prepared for the next pandemic.

Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.

Don't come crying to me if your homes are attacked. You will reap what you sow.

These are folks that keep people out of hospitals, out of emergency rooms, out of nursing homes. And not only that, they help people achieve more fulfilling lives.

Half of all home accidents happen in the kitchen, and the family has to eat them.

It drove home, personally, the value of early detection and education and intervention.

Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.

Hope is the best contraceptive.

All I hope is that the American coalition is doing its best to prevent civilian casualties and the killing of innocent people.