Surgeon General

Virtual Office of the Surgeon General of the United States, the nation's leading spokesman on matters of public health.

www.surgeongeneral.gov

Category: Health > Medicine > Reference > Government Agencies

Office of the Surgeon General

The Surgeon General of the United States is the nation's leading spokesman on matters of public health.

www.surgeongeneral.gov

Category: Society > Issues > Health > Health Policy > United States Government

Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General

The first Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health, asserting that mental illness is a critical public health problem that must be addressed by the nation.

www.mentalhealth.org

Category: Health > Mental Health > Policy and Advocacy

US Surgeon General's Oral Health Report

Surgeon General explains that tooth decay is still a major US problem in poor and minority populations and suggests ways to improve the situation.

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Category: Society > Issues > Health > Water Treatment > Fluoridation

Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health

Report of the Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health: A National Action Agenda. This report was prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Department of Justice. It is an outgrowth of the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health which was released in December, 1999.

www.surgeongeneral.gov

Category: Health > Mental Health > Policy and Advocacy

Gallop Poll for Philip Morris on Surgeon General's Warning

In public the tobacco industry says "everyone knew" the risks of smoking. But this 1973 survey secretly done for Philip Morris showed that only 3.1% of smokers were aware of the Surgeon General's health warning.

www.tobacco.org

Category: Society > Law > Legal Information > Product Liability > Tobacco

Former Surgeon General: Big Tobacco Attacked Efforts to Safeguard Public

The tobacco industry refused to cooperate with government efforts to reduce deaths and disease caused by smoking, the surgeon general under former President Jimmy Carter testified.

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Category: Society > Issues > Health > Tobacco > Industry Critiques

Women Face Unique Risks From Smoking Says Surgeon General's Report

The marked increase in the number of women who die each year from tobacco products has led the surgeon general to call smoking-related disease among women a full-blown epidemic.

www.usmedicine.com

Category: Health > Women's Health > Smoking

General Surgeons, Inc.

About the physicians, procedures and services performed, and surgical results. Located in Richmond, IN.

www.gsirichmond.com

Category: Health > Medicine > Surgery > General > Clinics and Practices

Satcher Confirmed As Surgeon General

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Category: News > Online Archives > CNN.com > 1998 > February > Politics

Satcher Sworn In As Surgeon General

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Category: News > Online Archives > CNN.com > 1998 > February > Politics

Canadian Association of General Surgeons

Providing continuing education opportunities and public policies in the areas of clinical care, education, and research.

www.cags-accg.ca

Category: Regional > North America > Canada > Health > Associations

The Reports of the Surgeon General of the United States

Archive of official reports and conference and workshop proceedings on topics related to public health, including AIDS, smoking, disease prevention, mental health, violence, breastfeeding, organ donation, and health care delivery.

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Category: Health > Public Health and Safety > News and Media > Publications

Report of the Surgeon General on Youth Violence

This report, ordered by Congress and the Clinton administration after the Columbine High School shooting, examines the factors that lead young people to gravitate toward violence, reviews the factors that protect youth from perpetrating violence and identifies effective research-based preventive strategies.

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Category: Society > Issues > Violence and Abuse > Youth

Surgeon general vaccinated against smallpox

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Category: News > Online Archives > CNN.com > 2003 > March > Health