“Resolutions aren't self-executing. Somebody has to provide the soldiers, take the risks, risk their blood and their treasure to go out and implement such a resolution.” SelfRiskBloodSoldierTreasureResolutionExecuting Author:Shashi Tharoor
“There is a knowingness that is as much a part of us as flesh and blood and bones. It's intuition, the deepest natural knowing. ... Intuition is the voice within forever pressing us to stretch ourselves, to take risks, to keep loving and giving birth to a new self, regardless of circumstances.” GivingSelfVoiceNaturalForeverKnowingRiskBloodBirthCircumstancesIntuitionBonesFleshGiving BirthFlesh And BloodNew Self Author:Susan L. Taylor
“If all other risk factors are normal, and you exercise moderately, your risk of having high CRP is one in 2000, .. A person who is a little overweight, with blood fats and cholesterol a little elevated, maybe with a little bit of high blood pressure -- we didn't used to think that having several of these little risk factors were a big deal. But it is. These little risk factors add up in a way that is worse for you than one big risk factor.” IfsThinkingWayLittlesPersonsBigsUsedBitsDealsRiskBloodExerciseNormalLittle BitPressureAddFatsFactorsBig DealOverweightBlood PressureCholesterolHigh Blood Pressure Author:Bill Vaughan
“I hope that other women can benefit from my experience. Cancer is still a word that strikes fear into people’s hearts, producing a deep sense of powerlessness. But today it is possible to find out through a blood test whether you are highly susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer, and then take action... It is my hope that they, too, will be able to get gene tested, and that if they have a high risk they, too, will know that they have strong options. Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.” PeopleIfsKnowsShouldHeartStillsTodayAbleActionStrongChallengesRiskBloodBenefitsTestsCancerStrikesBreastsScareGenesTestedSusceptiblePowerlessnessTake ControlHigh RiskOvarian CancerBlood Tests Author:Angelina Jolie
“People who reach certain levels of frailty, more important than getting their mammogram, more important than getting their blood pressure tweaked, they're at high risk of falling. If they fall and break their hip, they not only die sooner, they die miserably.” PeopleIfsImportantCertainDiesFallLevelsBreakRiskBloodPressureHipsFrailtyBlood PressureHigh RiskMammograms Author:Atul Gawande
“If we had enough cadaver organs to go around we wouldn't do living donor liver transplants because one is we don't want to put a donor at risk, but the second is that it's a more difficult surgery for the recipient because you're getting a piece of a liver rather than a whole liver. It takes you longer to recover, and it has more complications related to where we sew together the blood vessels and the bile ducts.” IfsWantEnoughWholeTogetherDifficultPiecesRiskBloodRelatedOrgansSurgeryVesselHad EnoughLiverComplicationDonorsTransplantsCadaversBlood Vessels Author:John Roberts
“When I heard that heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined - when I heard that, I knew. The other thing that's very important is that heart disease...is preventable. There are some specific lifestyle changes that women can make: losing weight, not smoking, exercising, eating healthy foods. Knowing the risk factors: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, [being] overweight. And if you have heart disease in your family, you should see your doctor. Because this disease is preventable.” IfsShouldHeartImportantKnowingRiskHeardBloodExerciseHealthyDiseaseEatingLosingDoctorsWeightPressureCancerLifestyleFactorsOur FamilySmokingDiabetesOverweightHeart DiseaseHealthy FoodBlood PressureCholesterolEating HealthyLifestyle ChangeHigh Blood PressureEating Healthy FoodHigh Cholesterol Author:Laura Bush
“Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.” HardRiskBloodTearsHard WorkDeterminationIntellectArguingSweat Author:Jesse Jackson