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I'm not against high-tech medicine. It has a secure place in the diagnosis and treatment of serious disease.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Against Diagnosis Disease High-Tech Medicine Place Secure Serious Treatment

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Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in many ways, making it more impersonal, expensive and dangerous. The false belief that a safety net of sophisticated drugs and machines stretches below us, permitting risky or lazy lifestyle choices, has undermined our spirit of self-reliance.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Accounts Also Belief Below Choices Dangerous Expensive False Hurt Impersonal Lazy Lifestyle Machines Making Many Medicine More Net Our Progress Real Risky Safety Safety Net Self-Reliance Shadow Side Sophisticated Spirit Technology Undermined Us Ways

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I fully support a national health care program for the U.S.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Care Fully Health Health Care National Program Support

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Insurance companies, whether private or government owned, must be compelled to pay for health-promoting measures. In turn, this will encourage physicians to offer such treatments in earnest.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Companies Compelled Earnest Encourage Government Insurance Insurance Companies Measures Must Offer Owned Pay Physicians Private Treatments Turn Whether Will

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Citizens must pressure the American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the Centers for Disease Control and other relevant governmental agencies to make greening our hospitals and medical centers a top priority so that they themselves don't create even more illness.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Agencies American American Public Association Centers Citizens Control Create Disease Even Health Hospital Hospitals Illness Make Medical More Must Other Our Pressure Priority Public Public Health Relevant Themselves Top

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We need to accept the seemingly obvious fact that a toxic environment can make people sick and that no amount of medical intervention can protect us. The health care community must become a powerful political lobby for environmental policy and legislation.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Accept Amount Become Care Community Environment Environmental Fact Health Health Care Intervention Legislation Lobby Make Medical Must Need Obvious People Policy Political Powerful Protect Seemingly Sick Toxic Us

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American businesses are struggling to pay outrageous, exploitive insurance bills for their employees, hampering our ability to compete globally.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Ability American Bills Businesses Compete Employees Globally Insurance Our Outrageous Pay Struggling

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Whenever I write about mental health and integrative therapies, I am accused of being prejudiced against pharmaceuticals. So let me be clear - integrative medicine is the judicious application of both conventional and evidence-based natural therapies.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: About Accused Against Am Application Being Both Clear Conventional Health Judicious Me Medicine Mental Mental Health Natural Prejudiced Whenever Write I Am I Write

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In my view, the best gift is one that benefits both the receiver and the planet.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Benefits Best Both Gift Planet Receiver View

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We're all affected by music. It has the power to inspire, uplift us, change our moods, and even alter consciousness.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Affected Alter Change Consciousness Even Inspire Moods Music Our Power Uplift Us

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: June 8th, 1942

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