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Stamp Out Smoking: Take Action Today

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

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Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

There's a killer at large in our communities linked to 1 out of 5 deaths. The killer is tobacco, the leading preventable cause of death in the United States.

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Forget a "Fat Tax." Tax the Fat.

John Ridley | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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John Ridley

With all the talk -- and screaming and gun-toting -- that's going on around the health care reform debate, maybe the answer is orbiting our ever-expanding guts.

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Thomas Frieden: CDC Director Picked By Obama

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

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NEW YORK — For seven years, Dr. Thomas Frieden has been the nagging conscience of the nation's biggest city, the man who made sure New Yorkers c...

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Of Epidemics And "Epidemics"

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

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Stuart Whatley

The current swine flu epidemic, with all of its gravitas, actually almost makes light of another "epidemic" that has afflicted millions in the U.S. for years and which shows no sign of subsiding: childhood obesity.

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