424 Quotes About Sickness
- Author Steven Magee
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Professional astronomers should consider their tenure atop the sacred mountain of Mauna Kea temporary, as biological science is in the process of characterizing Mauna Kea Sickness in the summit workers.
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- Author Keah Brown
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It is my belief that sometimes we keep secrets and our deepest insecurities because we believe that if other people found them out they would agree and believe them to be true, too.
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- Author Steven Magee
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The medical profession seem incompetent at diagnosing Low Level Radiation Sickness (LLRS).
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- Author Steven Magee
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Mauna Kea Sickness (MKS) needs to be thoroughly researched and characterized by the medical profession before any more very high altitude workplaces are built on the summit. It is likely that once Mauna Kea Sickness is well characterized, all of the manned summit facilities would need to be removed on the grounds of health and safety.
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- Author Steven Magee
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Mauna Kea Sickness (MKS) has cost me close to one million dollars in lost earnings. Long term that figure is expected to rise to four million dollars by age sixty five.
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- Author Steven Magee
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Prolonged altitude sickness generally leads to altitude diseases.
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- Author Steven Magee
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8,000 Feet: Various people will be showing signs and symptoms of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS).
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- Author Steven Magee
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6,000 Feet: A few people will start showing signs and symptoms of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS).
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- Author Steven Magee
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When I worked in high altitude astronomy, I was never screened annually by a doctor that was expert in low level radiation sickness (LLRS) and high altitude disease (HAD).
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