"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Howard Dean Syndrome: Howard Dean concession has entered the medical lexicon. From a story about preparations for the arrival of sextuplets at a local hospital:
"If you're not nervous, you're foolish,'' said Dr. Anand Kantak, Children's director of neonatology. ``There's a healthy level of nervousness you have to have. A healthy nervous tension. What you don't want (in the delivery room) is adrenaline excitement. You want to avoid being too hyped up -- you know, the Howard Dean syndrome.''
