The Senate today confirmed Regina Benjamin to be the U.S. surgeon general, elevating a well-known Alabama family physician to be the nation's top doctor. ...more

October 29, 2009

Let me get this straight: Obama's health care plan will be written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it, passed by Congress that hasn't read it, signed by a president who smokes, funded by a treasury chief who did not pay his taxes, overseen by a surgeon general who is obese and financed by a country that is nearly broke. ...more

August 30, 2009

Florida's Department of Health says the state is monitoring nine probable cases of swine flu, in addition to two confirmed cases. ...more

May 3, 2009

The number of Florida counties with probable cases of swine flu is growing. ...more

May 2, 2009

Two confirmed cases of swine flu have been reported in Florida: an 11-year-old boy from Lee County and a 17-year-old girl in Broward County. ...more

May 2, 2009

CNN says medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta won't be the next surgeon general. ...more

March 5, 2009

Smokers making a New Year's resolution to quit can get help from Tobacco Free Florida. Callers to the toll-free Quitline at 1-877-U-CAN-NOW who enroll in counseling are able to choose from patches, gum and lozenges - a combination that doubles the chances a smoker will quit. ...more

December 31, 2008

You may have seen the public service commercial. A woman brings her young daughter out to the car and straps her into a car seat. The announcer reminds us that 37,000 Americans are killed every year in automobile accidents, which made me think it was sponsored by the National Safety Council or a seat-belt advocacy group. ...more

May 18, 2008

A skinny, fit-looking Santa? Is that what you want? Perhaps, if you're U.S. Surgeon General Rear Adm. Steven Galson. ...more

December 24, 2007