Christopher Shays Quotes

What some of us believe is that it is possible that if chemicals are related to Gulf War illness that some of the more severe symptoms may not erupt until 10 or 20 years down the line.

Tobacco, UV rays, viruses, heredity, and age are the main causes of cancer.

I just became a vegetable for three months. I couldn't talk to people. I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college.

This gulf war syndrome thing is truly unfortunate, and I've met some of the vets who have this. These are my guys, and I feel terrible about it.

But Gulf War Syndrome is not one cause, not one illness. It is many causes, many illnesses.

The danger of dioxins in our environment, our food chain, and our bodies is difficult to illustrate, since they are not visible to the naked eye. My time in Vietnam allowed me to see the result of large quantities of them and therefore understand better the insidiousness of the smaller quantities that have found their way into our lives and bodies.

Vaccines and antibiotics have made many infectious diseases a thing of the past; we've come to expect that public health and modern science can conquer all microbes. But nature is a formidable adversary.

I'm one of those workaholics, the kind of guy who may drop with a cardiac arrest around 55.

It's been reported a lot that I've had two bouts of mononucleosis. The evidence suggests it wasn't two bouts, it was the same bout. I never got over it the first time. That's hard to explain to people. It makes it look like I'm not very resilient, whereas it was completely mismanaged.

Acting in soaps proved a health hazard to me and I withdrew.

Cancer is a serious subject, one many battle daily.

The metabolic disturbances are now part of my life.

As an undergraduate majoring in biology at the University of California, San Diego, I worked on infectious diseases at the nearby Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

I've had alopecia since I was 3, so quite a few years. I grew up with it, and it was always very manageable.

It's a profound privilege to die from stress related diseases. It is the elimination of other causes of death such as infectious disease which is responsible for bringing lifestyle diseases to the fore - and these are exquisitely sensitive to stress.

My son, Sam, is 15 years old, and he's been a diabetic since he was 2. When you're a parent of a child with any kind of chronic illness, these things don't go away. You have a lot of good days, but some days you feel like you're losing bad.

I was diagnosed with necrotizing chronic pancreatitis, and it definitely put a pause on live performances for a while.

Sometimes if I'm tired, my left eye feels a little bit twitchy, but I don't get pain or slur my words.

As a physician for over 30 years, I am well aware of the dangers infectious diseases pose.

Addiction is a disease like anything else. It's like cancer, like heart disease, like diabetes.

The CDC is an integral part of our community and on the frontlines of our pandemic response, and we must continue to give them more tools to help keep our families safe and healthy.

Burn-out can be an issue if you are playing too many games.

Depression is not a choice.

Let's not forget, we are all one diagnosis away from having a pre-existing condition.

The Center for Disease Control's bio-monitoring program has found that the majority of Americans carry residues of BPA in their bodies.