- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
Health Quotes
Health is measured in more than numbers.
These quotes move between the personal and the civic - years spent caregiving for family, running as a way to protect mental health, and a bridge metaphor used to argue that a society's health depends on its weakest members, not its averages. See our Change Quotes for related ideas.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.
- Side
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth.
- President
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Obama has made maternal health one of the core priorities of U.S. international aid funding.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment of every government, and cost $130 million dollars. By 1977, smallpox had disappeared.
- Dedication
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- Nov 07, 2020
Creative new health strategies like micro-insurance for poor people or Kangaroo care for pre-term babies are transforming health outcomes in even the most low-resource settings. Dedication and innovation are transforming health care worldwide.
- Health Benefits
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe we ought to discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation. If people are in a same-sex relationship, and they want their partner to be able to have health benefits or be designated as a beneficiary in your life insurance, there's no reason we shouldn't do that.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got sick of trying everything. I tried every single thing imaginable - diet, exercise. I even bought a house on the health spa property, and I still gained weight.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
With a lot of hair and make-up then I'm possibly, remotely attractive. But it's rare, I don't think I'm ugly but I'm nothing particularly special. I'm not a yoga and health girl. I don't exercise that much and I eat crap and smoke and bite my nails.
- Public Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Laws to protect 'public health' are potentially infinite, especially once they no longer have to be supported by any research whatsoever.
- Evidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
No evidence compels the conclusion that the minimum required intake of any vitamin comes close to the optimum intake that sustains good health.
- Choices
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- Nov 07, 2020