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WATCH: Sanjay Gupta And Stephen Colbert On Cheating Death

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.13.2009 | Books

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Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN, spoke to Stephen Colbert last night about his new book, Cheating Death. He explained that there's m...

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Epidemic Of Fever Phobia: The Facts On Why Fever Is Your Friend

Dana Ullman | Posted 10.01.2009 | Living

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Dana Ullman

A fever enables the body to increase its production of interferon, an important antiviral substance that is critical for fighting infection. Fever also increases white blood cell mobility and activity, which are instrumental factors in fighting infection.

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Is that Cough Swine Flu? Don't Ask the CDC

Peter Christian Hall | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

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Peter Christian Hall

Reading about the microbial adventures of Sanjay Gupta and Anderson Cooper in Afghanistan has made me wonder if much of what we've been told about swine flu is reliable.

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Anderson Cooper Swine Flu: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Tentatively Diagnoses CNN Anchor With H1N1 (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

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On Anderson Cooper 360 Thursday night, CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta tentatively diagnosed Cooper with swine flu. Gupta recently c...

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta Had H1N1: "The Sickest I Have Ever Been"

CNN | Posted 09.23.2009 | Media

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It is worth pointing out the irony of a medical reporter getting influenza type A, which was then ultimately confirmed as H1N1. (The term swine flu is...

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The Upside: Cost Cut Your Haircut

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 06.11.2009 | Style

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Andrea Chalupa

There are a few ways to get a great haircut for next to nothing. The first way, which I haven't tried yet, but seems extremely promising, is to be a model at the Toni & Guy Academy.

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Sanjay Gupta: Media Doctor Job Similar To Surgeon General Role

Washington Post | Rachel Dry | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

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Q: Many of the top public-health official jobs in this administration aren't filled yet, including the job you might have taken as surgeon general. It...

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Media Literacy 101: How to Detect Fear-Mongering -- Pakistani Nukes & Swine Flu

Susan Moeller | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

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Susan Moeller

How can you tell whether you are getting a story that is balanced and proportionate to the crisis or one that is fanning panic and hysteria? One quick guide is to evaluate the pictures.

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Mexico Flu Epidemic a Bunch of Media Bunk

Diane Francis | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media

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Diane Francis

Facts are that if there's a flu pandemic it's in the United States, not Mexico. Some 36,000 Americans died of influenza-induced illness in the last few years or 99 per day.

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Code Blue: Office of the Surgeon General

Archelle Georgiou | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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Archelle Georgiou

With the nation poised to take on health reform, the incoming Surgeon General will have the added responsibility of educating and advocating for Americans on the redesign of the health care system.

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Sam Stein

Dean Allies Suspicious Of Surgeon General Leaks, See Politics At Play

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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Allies of Howard Dean are saying that recent leaks from the White House, in which anonymous officials suggest that the former DNC Chair is being consi...

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Sam Stein

Dean Not Likely For Surgeon General Post, Allies Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

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With Dr. Sanjay Gupta having taken his name out of the running for the administration's Surgeon General post, the early chatter has reverted back to t...

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Sanjay Gupta Out Of Running For Surgeon General

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE: Sanjay Gupta has removed himself from the running for Surgeon General. CNN reports: CNN correspondent Sanjay Gupta has withdrawn his name fr...

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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 Grooms Sanjay Gupta's Replacements

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 02.19.2009 | Media

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If the CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta becomes surgeon general, who will replace him as the pre-eminent doctor on television news? As any h...

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Rep. John Conyers: Is There Another Doctor in the House?

Disgrasian | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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Disgrasian

After a thorough review of Dr. Gupta's qualifications (young, handsome, full head of hair, blinding white teeth, Asian) the other day, we feel pretty good about Obama's choice.

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Obama Hopes to Calm Americans With Series of Boring Speeches

Andy Borowitz | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

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Andy Borowitz

Hoping to calm a nation whose nerves have been rattled by economic woes, Obama today delivered the first in a series of numbingly boring speeches designed to put the nation to sleep.

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Sam Stein

Conyers: Obama Should Not Nominate Sanjay Gupta

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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Rep. John Conyers has written a letter to Democratic colleagues urging them to join him in publicly opposing the nomination of Dr. Sanjay Gupta for Su...

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Wednesday's Best Jokes: The Presidents' Lunch, Obama Girls And Sanjay Gupta

Huffington Post | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media

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Wednesday night the late-night hosts had a field day with the luncheon of all the living presidents. In addition, The Daily Show made fun of media co...

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Thrills! Laughs! It's the Barack Obama Variety Hour! Already?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media

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Phil Bronstein

Remember all those analyses a few months ago wondering whether we'd ever be able to make fun of a president again in an Obama world? How fast the curtain goes up on the political stand-up stage.

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Rebuilding the Republican Party: Yes, Please!

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

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Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

As Obama does his best two-step to avoid picking the wrong dude (oops, oops, whoops), the Republican Party's best and brightest are picking up where t...

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Weekly Pulse: America's Next Top Doctor (Healthcare Newsladder)

The Media Consortium | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

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The Media Consortium

The surgeon general has an informal role as the country's leading medical and lifestyle educator, and it's that role the Gupta is uniquely positioned to fill.

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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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Jason Linkins

Sanjay Gupta Problem: Paul Krugman

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

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Lest you think the appointment of dreamboat doctor Sanjay Gupta as Surgeon General was going to be all peaches and cream, direct your attention today ...

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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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