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Well you know, it's true that as a fat person I run a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and a number of other things. But guess what? The amount of that risk is almost infinitessimal!

A more effective international disease surveillance system is essential for global security both against a bioterrorist attack or a naturally occurring disease.

It's not about success. Whatever happens, it doesn't matter. I would like to not go bankrupt or get some incurable disease, but other than that, I'm just happy to keep going.

What is time, really? When you are diagnosed with a terminal disease like cancer or leukemia, your perception of time changes.

Your age is your No. 1 risk factor for almost every disease, but it's not a disease itself.

We need 10,000 genomes, not 100, to start to understand the link between genetics, disease and wellness.

Every single cancer is a genetic disease. Not necessarily inherited from your parents, but it's genetic changes which cause cancer. So as we sequence the genomes of tumours and compare those to the sequence of patients, we're getting down to the fundamental basis of each individual person's cancer.

Is there something in my genetic makeup that makes me more at risk for heart disease? I believe there is. My father was the sign.

There is no reason why a nation as rich as ours should be blighted by poverty, disease, and illiteracy.

In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got through writing the essay, I was sure I had the disease.

Where I live, in Vermont, there's this thing that women know about men, which is this disease: their childhood was so idyllic that nothing in the rest of their life can ever be satisfying. It's almost a plague.

My father passed away after three years of debilitating disease, which transformed a very strong and bright man into a real wreck. And that is hard. You have to get out of that stronger, if you can, which I was lucky to be able to. I was the eldest of the family, and I had to support my mother and help my brothers.

Any other illness, any other disease that we're faced with, there's sympathy and understanding. We get help for those. With mental illness, our go-to is to categorize them as, 'Oh, they're crazy,' to belittle the problem.

I believe evidence is overwhelming that chronic Lyme is a terrible, overwhelming disease, and we need to find ways to treat this. To say otherwise is an inaccurate and unscientific opinion.

Pregnancy is not a disease. The child in the womb is neither a tumor nor a parasite to be destroyed.

Coffee is already known to be a preventive factor against mild depression, Parkinson's disease, and colon and rectal cancers.

Legislation on Lyme disease, weather patterns, helping farmers, helping veterans - these are not partisan issues.

I work at a non-profit called ALS Worldwide, where we work with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) patients and families. It is often heavy work, but I'm grateful to be able to contribute to the ALS community. I'm constantly learning about science and medicine, and I have the honor of corresponding with patients throughout the world.

The Go Red for Women campaign raises awareness of the risk of heart disease. I think a lot of people don't realize that heart disease is the number one killer of women. So what we're doing is encouraging women to tell five other women to learn more about heart disease and how they can prevent it.

Heart disease is no laughing matter. After my father suffered a massive heart attack, I realized just how serious heart disease can be.

My father had a heart attack and he has heart disease. He had a full recovery, and I'm very lucky, but it certainly made him look at the way he's living and how he's treating his body.