Nomination of Alabama doctor may _ or may not _ draw spotlight to surgeon general postATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Surgeon General has been described as "the nation's doctor," a "national nanny" and the person who puts warning labels on cigarette packs. But lately, the position has been mostly called something else: invisible. »
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Oddities, musings and some news from the world of health.
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