“Far too many doctors-many of them excellent physicians-commit suicide each year; one recent study concluded that, until quite recently, the United States lost annually the equivalent of a medium-sized medical school class from suicide alone. Most physician suicides are due to depression or manic-depressive illness, both of which are eminently treatable. Physicians, unfortunately, not only suffer from a higher rate of mood disorders than the general population, they also have a greater access to very effective means of suicide.” YearsMeanStatesSchoolSufferingLostUnitedClassUnited StatesStudyGreaterHigherDoctorsSuicideRatePopulationIllnessDuesAccessMedicalMoodCommitMediumsExcellentDisorderPhysiciansManicMedical SchoolDepressiveYear OneMood Disorders Book:An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness Source: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
“A review of studies by physicians found that excessive exercise is bad for your heart. Another study says a daily serving of chocolate is actually good for your heart. That's got to make next year New Year's resolution easier to keep. "I'm going to exercise less. Eat a little more chocolate.” YearsHeartLittlesNextFoundStudyEasierExerciseServingChocolateResolutionReviewsNew YearPhysiciansNext YearNew Year's Resolutions Author:Jay Leno
“There is a world of science necessary in choosing books. I have known some people in great sorrow fly to a novel, or the last light book in fashion. One might as well take a rose-draught for the plague! Light reading does not do when the heart is really heavy. I am told that Goethe, when he lost his son, took to study a science that was new to him. Ah! Goethe was a physician who knew what he was about.” PeopleWorldWellsHeartDoeBookLightMightLastsReadingLostKnownNovelStudyFashionSonSorrowRoseHeavyPhysiciansPlagueDraught Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“The study of nature with a view to works is engaged in by the mechanic, the mathematician, the physician, the alchemist, and the magician; but by all as things now are with slight endeavour and scanty success.” ScienceNatureNaturalViewsStudyEngagedPhysiciansMathematicianMechanicMagicianEndeavourAlchemist Book:Translations of the philosophical works Source: Translations of the philosophical works
“Well, I would never do a study because I'm a practicing physician. I mean, all I do is treat people.” PeopleWellsMeanStudyTreatsPhysicians Author:Robert Atkins