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Obamas Surgeon General

The Surgeon General Is Confirmed!

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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Linda Bergthold

Dr. Regina Benjamin has finally been confirmed for the post of Surgeon General. And the reasons for the delay have been varied, contradictory, and byzantine.

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Why Don't We Have a Surgeon General?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

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Linda Bergthold

There is something terribly wrong when a political minority can hold up a nomination that has the potential to affect a nation's health.

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Surgeon General Job "Not The Right Fit" For Dean: Ally

The Plum Line | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

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The news that Sanjay Gupta has decided not to go for the gig of surgeon general has already fired up supporters of Howard Dean, who are now touting...

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CNN's Gupta: Not What the Doctor Ordered

James Floyd, M.D. | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

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James Floyd, M.D.

Gupta downplays safety risks in treatments, and was criticized for his reporting on Vioxx, a pain medication that was withdrawn from the market in 2004 because it causes heart attacks.

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CNN Confirms: Gupta Approached About Surgeon General Post

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 02.07.2009 | Living

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama's reported choice for surgeon general, CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, could bring a dose of s...

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Who's Afraid of Dr. Sanjay Gupta?

Sandip Roy | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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Sandip Roy

It's exciting to see someone who comes from your stock make it big. But another neurosurgeon-makes-good story is going to make the rest of us look even more like underachievers.

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Sanjay Gupta, Surgeon General?

AP/The Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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President-elect Barack Obama has approached CNN's chief medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, to be the country's next surgeon general, the cable news ...

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Exclusive HuffPost Live Chat on Sicko and Sanjay Gupta

Michael Moore | Posted 01.07.2009 | Media

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Michael Moore

My proposals will be embraced by some politicians (over 70 members of congress now support the universal health care bill HR 676). The rest will get on board when the people demand it.

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