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Surgeon General Pick Worked For Burger King
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When President Obama first nominated Alabama doctor Regina Benjamin as surgeon general, critics charged that the nominee was too fat to serve as the nation's leading public health advocate. Those same... More
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Sizing Up the Surgeon General: Unequal Scales in Health and Racial Privilege
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The public reaction to Obama’s choice for surgeon general reveals how race and lopsided moralism is insinuating itself into the health care debate.
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Dr. Joycelyn Elders: Americans Need to Be More Healthy
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Editor’s Note: Dr. Joycelyn Elders became the first African-American woman surgeon general when she was appointed by then-Pres. Bill Clinton in 1993. But she was forced to resign 15 months later... More
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Racial Justice: Dr. Benjamin's Weight: Does it Matter?
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I've posted before on how a lack of adequate healthcare and access to better food choices and nutritional education has led to severe health problems for communities of color and low-income... More
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Weighing in on the Surgeon General’s Weight
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I was thrilled to read that Dr. Regina Benjamin is President Obama’s nominee to be the next Surgeon General of the United States of America. Her background in family medicine and her work on behalf... More
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Weighing in on the Surgeon General’s Weight
(www.rhrealitycheck.org)
I was thrilled to read that Dr. Regina Benjamin is President Obama’s nominee to be the next Surgeon General of the United States of America. Her background in family medicine and her work on behalf... More
Submitted 7 months ago by HealthcareNewsLadder | 0 Comments |
Roundup: Surgeon General's View on Abortion | RHRealityCheck.org
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Regina Benjamin, President Obama's pick for surgeon general, grew up in a Catholic home and attends mass often, and although she has not publicly taken a stance on the right to choose to terminate a... More
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Obama Taps Black Trailblazer For Surgeon General Post - NAM
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President Barack Obama nominated an Alabama country doctor who has three times resurrected her clinic in a fishing village after disasters to be U.S. Surgeon General on Monday and help him advocate... More
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With Obama’s Surgeon General Pick, Second Time’s the Charm
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Much of what is common knowledge about the position of Surgeon General is what we read on cigarette cartons and other labels, warning of the dangers of certain additives. Yes, the job’s... More
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With Obama's Surgeon General Pick, Second Time's the Charm -- The ITT List
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Much of what is common knowledge about the position of Surgeon General is what we read on cigarette cartons and other labels, warning of the dangers of certain additives. Yes, the job’s... More
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