You don't have a family doctor anymore like you did when you were a kid, who treated you throughout your life.

I feel differently immediately when I start to put weight on. I don't like that sluggish, blunted disposition that I have when that happens.

We are spending most of our time in American health care fixing the mistakes that either we in the profession are causing or our patients are, without recognizing it, causing to themselves.

We know what we should and shouldn't put in our mouths, but in those times that pull on our souls, we revert to what's emotionally comfortable.

Make the driving force in your life love.

Not enough families eat together. We eat in front of the TV while we're absorbed in a program.

In Turkey, you're not allowed to be left alone in the hospital. The nurse teaches the family how to do things, and somebody is always there with the patient.