"This is a good war, and it is our patriotic duty."
--DR. JAIME GALVEZ
TAN, executive director of the UP National
Institutes of Health, on waging a war against worms
It is possible to prevent at least one-third of the cases that occur every year throughout the world through better use of existing knowledge. Where sufficient resources are available, current knowledge also allows the early detection and effective treatment of a further one-third of cases.
--DR. GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND,
former director general of the World
Health Organization, in the 2003 World Cancer Report
The implication is that smoking marijuana is a good thing.
--XIA ZHANG, researcher from the University of Saskatchewan, on the
potential of cannabis in improving memory and mood, as shown
in rat models, quoted by Agence France-Presse
I never imagined that I could live through the turn of the century.
--Former Singaporean newspaper editor SEAH CHIANG NEE, 65 years old, on
the 20th anniversary of his heart transplant, the first in Southeast Asia,
quoted by Agence France-Presse
As a result of acting now, by the year 2020 countries can achieve significant reductions in cancer incidence and in mortality due to cancer. Opportunities exist--can they be exploited for the benefit of humankind?
--The 2003 World Cancer Report
For me the main thing is that it finally puts the seal of approval on my work and people can't argue about it anymore.
--BARRY J. MARSHALL, codiscoverer (with J. Robin Warren) of the role of
H. pylori in gastritis and pepticulcer,
upon the announcement of their
receiving the Nobel Prize for Medicine, quoted by the
Australian Associated Press
With these kinds of problems, we see solutions…. The solutions are very simple, and all it requires is the enthusiasm of people.
--SENATOR PIA CAYETANO,
on fighting worm infections
Cancer got me over unimportant fears, like getting old.
--OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN, pop singer,
on her bout with cancer
'It seems your government is encouraging the export'--masakit pakinggan--'of your nurses and health professionals.'
--MS. RUTH PADILLA, president of the Philippine Nurses Association, quoting
an observation made by foreigners in international nursing conferences
Deworming is an essential intervention for child-survival strategies.
--DR. LULU BRAVO, professor of pediatrics at the
University of the Philippines College of Medicine
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