Read more Surgeon General stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7818/surgeon-general.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:24:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72977/senate-finally-confirms-surgeon-general.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Senate unanimously confirmed Regina Benjamin as US surgeon general yesterday after Republicans ended a procedural delay that had dragged on for several weeks. Mitch McConnell and seven other GOP senators said they stalled because of an administration “gag order” that prevented insurers from giving their opinions on the effects...http://www.newser.com/story/72977/senate-finally-confirms-surgeon-general.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 14:59:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70140/heard-guptas-swine-flu-spiel-well-he-got-it-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNow just imagine how embarrassing this would’ve been if he had been Surgeon General: Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s medical talking head, got swine flu on a recent reporting trip to Afghanistan, he writes in a blog post today. “I am not someone who gets sick, really ever,” he writes. “And this...http://www.newser.com/story/70140/heard-guptas-swine-flu-spiel-well-he-got-it-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 19:15:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66847/surgeon-general-nominee-consults-for-burger-king.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBurger King has paid Regina Benjamin, President Obama’s pick for surgeon general, $10,000 this year for serving on an advisory panel to the fast-food giant, the Washington Times reports. Administration reps say the Alabama physician used her position on Burger King’s nutritional advisory board to advocate for low-sodium foods...http://www.newser.com/story/66847/surgeon-general-nominee-consults-for-burger-king.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 14:49:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64997/fox-lashes-health-pick-as-as-too-fat-to-serve.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFox News ripped into President Obama's choice for surgeon general yesterday for being too fat for the job. "Enough fat for my next guest to say 'fat chance' for Dr. Regina Benjamin to even be considered," said host Neil Cavuto. The guest? Not a public health expert or even a...http://www.newser.com/story/64997/fox-lashes-health-pick-as-as-too-fat-to-serve.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 4:22:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64468/can-a-size-18-surgeon-general-inspire-a-fat-nation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRegina Benjamin is supremely qualified to be surgeon general—except on one count, argue some: “The anti-fat brigade wonder if a country plagued by obesity should have an above average-weight woman speaking to public health,” writes Frances Kissling in Salon. Yes, we should, Kissling says. Countless Americans are trying to...http://www.newser.com/story/64468/can-a-size-18-surgeon-general-inspire-a-fat-nation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 12:47:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64269/obama-chooses-alabama-doc-for-surgeon-general.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Barack Obama turned to the Deep South for the next surgeon general, a rural Alabama family physician who made headlines with fierce determination to rebuild her nonprofit medical clinic in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Obama will announce the nomination of Dr. Regina Benjamin later today. Born in 1956,...http://www.newser.com/story/64269/obama-chooses-alabama-doc-for-surgeon-general.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Jul 2009 10:50:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52544/gupta-wont-be-surgeon-general.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSanjay Gupta is sticking with CNN and brain surgery. Gupta has withdrawn his name from contention to be the next surgeon general, the network reports. Gupta apparently had reservations over a big pay cut and the idea of reporting to more than one boss, notes Fox News. Gupta will discuss...http://www.newser.com/story/52544/gupta-wont-be-surgeon-general.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Mar 2009 16:37:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49069/former-surgeon-general-called-a-shopaholic-tyrant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAntonia Novello, the nation's first female surgeon general, has been accused of years of abuse of power at a later job—turning her staff at New York's health department into her personal chauffeurs and assistants. As the New York Times writes, a report released today depicts Novello as a shopaholic...http://www.newser.com/story/49069/former-surgeon-general-called-a-shopaholic-tyrant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Jan 2009 6:40:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47408/conyers-raps-obama-surgeon-general-pick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama's apparent choice for surgeon general, Sanjay Gupta, is drawing fire from within his own party, ABC News reports. John Conyers of Michigan, the House Judiciary Committee chair, sent a letter to his fellow legislators today encouraging them to join him in protesting the nomination of the CNN fixture...http://www.newser.com/story/47408/conyers-raps-obama-surgeon-general-pick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Jan 2009 15:27:37 CST