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Prevention is within reach of everyone. And here are recommendations: abstain from smoking, eat less, eat mostly vegetarian foods, an active mind and body, and follow individually designed early diagnostic regimens.

— Umberto Veronesi The First Day Without Cancer (2013)

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I have become convinced that every religion expresses the need for a certain population at that historical moment.

The very principle of the hospital must not revolve around the needs of the doctor but those of the patient.

The commitment of a medical class more sensitive to human aspects is necessary, which must care not only about the body, but also about the mind. The mind is the place where medicine is perceived.

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If you are a good conformist and respect the rules, no ideas come.

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