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US Surgeon General

Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults

Sec. Kathleen Sebelius | Posted 05.08.2012 | Healthy Living
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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.

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Evolutionary Lessons From Superbugs

James A. Shapiro | Posted 03.09.2012 | Science
Read More: Antibiotic Resistant, Animal Feed, Infectious Disease, Multiple Drug Resistance, Metagenomics, Sudden Evolutionary Change, Antibiotics, US Surgeon General, Fda, Plasmid, FDA Regulation, Horizontal DNA Transfer, Science News
James A. Shapiro

The genetics and genomics of bacterial antibiotic resistance and virulence teach us some fundamentally important lessons about evolution. They also pose some significant challenges to scientific explanation.

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U.S. Surgeon General: Don't Let Your Hair Keep You From The Gym

Posted 10.22.2011 | Black Voices
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From CNN.com: The U.S. surgeon general stopped by the spectacle known as the Bronner Bros. International Hair Show on Sunday - and it wasn't for a new...

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