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WATCH: Breastfeeding Myths Busted In Surgeon General's New Video Campaign

Posted 04.17.2013 | Black Voices

Breastfeeding advocates had a win earlier this year when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that breastfeeding rates are on...

Surgeon General Koop: The Legacy of a Health Warrior

Dr. Richard Carmona | Posted 05.01.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Richard Carmona

A man of enormous physical presence and stature, Koop became a public figure at the juxtaposition of a nation yearning for a credible, visible and competent health leader with that of a national media consumed by an insatiable appetite for content.

Ron Weasley's Headed To The Small Screen

Posted 02.14.2013 | TV

Harry who? Ron Weasley's making a comeback. Rupert Grint has landed the lead role in CBS' "Super Clyde" pilot as a burger-flipper at a fast food c...

California City Bans Smoking In Condos, Duplexes

Reuters | Ronnie Cohen | Posted 12.15.2012 | San Francisco

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Oct 15 (Reuters) - A San Francisco suburb on Monday banned smoking in duplexes, condominiums and other multi-family homes, with ...

Report: Smoking Among High School Students Declines In 2011

Posted 08.13.2012 | Home

A National Youth Tobacco Survey study released Thursday reports a 1.4 percent decrease in smoking among high school students, from 17.2 percent in 200...

Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults

Sec. Kathleen Sebelius | Posted 05.08.2012 | Healthy Living
Sec. Kathleen Sebelius

Over the last three years, we've made significant strides in our fight against tobacco, and our efforts are paying off. But today's report is an important reminder to our nation that we have a lot more work to do to make tobacco death and disease part of our past.

Aides Urge Longtime Giffords Friend To Run For Senate

AP | By JACQUES BILLEAUD and KEVIN FREKING | Posted 11.23.2011 | Politics

By JACQUES BILLEAUD AND KEVIN FREKING, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' aides have urged former Surgeon General Richard Carm...

It's Official: August Is National Breastfeeding Month

Gina Cicatelli Ciagne, CLC | Posted 10.16.2011 | Parents
Gina Cicatelli Ciagne, CLC

Many moms, medical experts, and lactation educators have long celebrated World Breastfeeding Month in August. But the United States Breastfeeding Committee has now proclaimed that August is officially National Breastfeeding Month.

New Graphic Warnings Labels: A Step In The Right Direction

Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A. | Posted 08.21.2011 | Healthy Living
Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A.

Stark images and bold messaging will now graphically illustrate -- on every ad and every pack of cigarettes -- the painful and deadly reality of tobacco use. A diseased lung. A baby surrounded by secondhand smoke. A man who needs an oxygen mask to breathe.

Dr. Joycelyn Elders: Marijuana, Masturbation and Medicine

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Laura Flanders

A group called MarijuanaHarmsFamilies.com is flooding California airwaves with a scary-scary ad against Proposition 19, tthat state's legalize marijua...

Obesity is Contagious

Dr. Dennis Gottfried | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Dr. Dennis Gottfried

As society initiates its battle to end the obesity epidemic, much can be learned from the similar battle waged against cigarette smoking over the past several decades.

What's The Big Idea: Aspen Ideas Fest, Day 1

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Jeffrey Abelson

How can Aspen Ideas Fest be harnessed for the common good so that everyone in the country can be exposed to it, not just the few of us privileged to attend such events?

Not in Sickness; in Health: How Health Reform could Start a Real Revolution

Larry_Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Larry_Cohen

While the nation still struggles to understand the impact and implementation of health reform, the Prevention and Public Health Fund—a barely n...

A Message To The Surgeon General: Doctors Should Treat Patients, Not Disease

Riva Greenberg | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Riva Greenberg

If we as a nation are to get our weight and our health back in order, we need our doctors to stop telling us what to do and actually have real conversations with us.

Comical View: Fat Is the New Black!

Erica Watson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Erica Watson

I chose comedy because everyone knows that sassy, fat black women are funny. Being the butt of the joke is what we do best, right?

The Surgeon General Is Confirmed!

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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.

Paging Dr. Benjamin

Dr. Nancy Snyderman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Dr. Nancy Snyderman

Well it's about time. Nine months after the inauguration of President Obama, we finally have our Surgeon General. And it couldn't have come soon enough.

Today In History: Bendict Arnold

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

January 14th is the birthday of Benedict Arnold, the American Revolutionary general and traitor.

Why Don't We Have a Surgeon General?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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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Reid To Push Dem Senators To Fight GOP Obstruction

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took to the Senate floor Thursday to blast Republicans for blocking President Obama's nominees for key agencies...

Surgeon General Regina Benjamin: 'I Struggle With My Weight' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

President Obama's surgeon general spoke frankly with ABC News Monday, saying that she struggles with her own weight. "I'm just like 67 percent of Ame...

New Rule: You Can't Complain About Health Care Reform If You're Not Willing to Reform Your Own Health

Bill Maher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Bill Maher

Unlike most liberals, I'm glad all those teabaggers marched on Washington last week. Because judging from the photos, it's the first exercise they've gotten in years.

Mind Your Own Fat

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Susan Corso

Let's talk about fat. Really talk about it. Oprah does. Why not the rest of America?

Did Jenny Craig Stir the Pot About Dr. Regina Benjamin's Weight?

Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Sybil Adelman Sage

It's my suspicion that the controversy about President Obama's nominee for Surgeon General may have been instigated by Jenny Craig with the hope of attracting Dr. Benjamin to become a spokesperson.

Neil Cavuto: Is Obama's Surgeon General Too Fat For The Position? (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** Via TPM comes this surreal Fox News segment in which host Neil Cavuto and guest Michael Karolchyk debate whether Presid...