Quotes About Health

It took four days from discovering I had cancer to finding out how serious the problem was.

Many people may automatically associate breast cancer with women only, but that is a huge misconception because this disease does not discriminate.

I am an advocate for going to the doctor and going every year. I make sure that part of the checkup is spent talking about my heart with my doctor, and getting my numbers checked, and discussing the results. And I make sure that I understand the answers to my questions.

The focus for me is always about health. That's why I talk about self-care rather than size or anything like that, because that's something we can all do that's relatable - this discussion of being healthy form the inside-out.

I have had Crohn's for about 19 years. It is a debilitating disease that affects my colon.

While there is no cure, cystic fibrosis is so close to being a livable disease. There is a lot of hope.

Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease, and I'm sensitive.

I have aging as a disease.

I have never had a dietician and I never will, unless I get a disease.

Having cancer is one thing; looking like you have cancer is another thing. It's a disease that already takes so much.

Diabetes is a lousy, lousy disease.

The AIDS is a disease that is hard to talk about.

I think science has begun to demonstrate that aging is a disease. If it is, it can be cured.

I believe a lot of disease comes from anxiety, loneliness.

I really think the disease aspect gets lost when you're talking about alcoholism and addiction; it's not like you're battling leukemia or a heart problem; it is that.

I've always been very involved in anything that had to do with lung disease or cancer.

I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years. I was so angry that people were still getting this disease that nobody can give you - you have to go out and get it!

Anthrax is a deadly inhalational disease.

We will talk about cooperation to destroy the disease as soon as we can.

Cancer is an emotional disease.

We need to think of chronic disease, hypertension, cancer, like H1N1. In fact, there's an epidemic of chronic disease.

I am particularly interested in Alzheimer's disease and have been for some time now.

If we do everything right, the best we can do is live out our potential with as little age-related disease and disability as possible.

Drug abuse is a very difficult disease.