Michael Watkins Quotations

There goes another excuse to not exercise that we can't use anymore ... What's left? I think all the myths about what's bad about exercise have now been debunked. There are no more excuses. Exercise is good for our general health, and if we know what's good for us, we should get out there and exercise.

I see a facilities update later in the meeting. Maybe we can talk about that then. I don't see tickets anywhere on the agenda.

I think the superintendent makes the recommendation, presents it and we vote on it.

When confronted with the need to take a particular medicine, it is certainly worth asking what data are available that justify its use in a particular patient. Much more tailored approaches to medication usage need to happen in the future. This should allow for optimal benefit with minimal risk.

This type of information is a reaffirmation of previous data, which shows that there are clearly gender-specific responses to therapy. There is not a one-size-fits-all approach to medicine, and the data here shows that men and women clearly react differently to a very simple and commonly used medication - aspirin.

Every month during GRACE's 5-year expected lifetime we will get a map of Earth's gravitational field.

This is another study among several recently released, which shows that the common wisdom that 'more is better' is clearly not the case. Vitamins are nutrients required by the body in minute quantities for normal physiology, and we assume that if a little is good, more must be better, ... Hopefully, this will encourage patients and their physicians to take a good look at all the substances and medications that are being taken, and assess the potential for adverse reactions - even for naturally occurring substances which are assumed to be safe.

The best way to measure gravity it to drop an object in space and watch its trajectory.

The FDA clearly needs to take action by studying this issue further.