I'm fighting a long term disease it's called Death and I will have it until I take my last breath
It occurred to me that at one point it was like I had two diseases - one was Alzheimer's, and the other was knowing I had Alzheimer's.
I fight AIDS because it's a killer disease, destroys the human race in all fields.
American research and resources have literally changed the face of humanity, by tackling deadly and once-deadly diseases.
I hate it that Americans are taught to fear some books and some ideas as though they were diseases.
Each form of Alzheimer's disease should perturb different brain networks and so influence the concentration of different proteins that can be measured in the blood.
Our goal is not to completely eradicate the infection - that would be very difficult - but to produce a vaccine that will prevent not infection but disease. I think this is more possible.
Only if everyone buys insurance can insurers afford to cover people with preexisting conditions or pay the costs of catastrophic diseases.
This disease comes with a package: shame. When any other part of your body gets sick, you get sympathy.
Stem cells have the potential to be used to treat and better understand some of the world's most deadly and disabling diseases.
Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods.
Bipolar disorder is a scary disease, but it is manageable. And I feel blessed that I was able to get the right attention and the right medication to deal with my specific illness.
It's a disease of critics that once they've labeled someone, it's very hard to change their perspective. It's laziness.
Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.
We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.
America's most dangerous diseases have developed an immunity to politics. We suffer not from a failure of political organization or power, but a failure of love.
Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought.
I do believe sadly it's going to take some diseases coming back to realize that we need to change and develop vaccines that are safe.
Seeds and nuts are indispensable for cardiovascular health. The protective properties of nuts against coronary heart disease were first recognized in the early 1990s, and a strong body of literature has followed, confirming these original findings.
I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumors to my dogs.
There's no question that the mind-body connection is real, even if we can't quantify it. Hope is one of the greatest weapons we have to fight disease.
