I know science is for scientists.  And medicine is for medical professionals.

But to be of benefit in our health care system, science and medicine must reach the end consumer -- people.  Regular, average, ordinary, everyday people.   People with feelings who are sometimes struggling to cope with a very real threat to their ability to live a quality life, or to live at all.

For those people, the words of science and medicine matter.  They help describe circumstances and set …