Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients.
Ensuring Americans have access to adequate medical care should be a priority for all of us.
Medical liability reform is not a Republican or Democrat issue or even a doctor versus lawyer issue. It is a patient issue.
Long gone are the days when hospital stays and surgeries made up the bulk of seniors' annual medical expenses.
Computerized medical records will enable statistical analysis to be used to determine which treatments are most effective.
The debate over same sex 'marriage' has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans.
What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College.
You'd think that in this age, especially in the 21st century - especially with all the technology and all the discoveries that we've made - that we would figure out how to tackle abuse.
It is an incredible treat and certainly one of the highlights of any astronaut's career to do a spacewalk.
I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave.
It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
I had thought about landing in the Kremlin, but there wasn't enough space.
Imprisonment hit me so hard - much harder than I had thought.
I moved away for three years and went to Trinidad where I met my wife, Athena.
I don't have my pilot's licence anymore, but I'm still very political.
I'm always open for people saying I'm wrong because most of the time I am.
Whenever I run into prejudice. I smile and feel sorry for them, and I say to myself, There's one more argument for birth control.
I think a smile can make your whole body. Models, they look fabulous, but they don't smile, and they look so mad.
I'd like people to be educated on the voting machines, making sure that our democracy isn't being hijacked by computer technology. There's no reason there can't be a paper trail on those machines.
With the help of modern technology, I can compose intricate keyboard parts and then I have to go back and learn them in order to perform them properly.
Technology is a bit of a double-edged sword. Used right, it's a wonderful tool, but unfortunately, it makes it easier for a lot of mediocre people to get really crappy ideas out.
