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Mike Huckabee: Speech 1/12/08

2008-11-17T12:47:57Z

Mike Huckabee
Speech at Pastor's Breakfast, Amway Grand Plaza
Grand Rapids, MI 1/12/08

TRANSCRIPT:
MIKE HUCKABEE: 80% of all the healthcare expenditures in this country are for chronic disease. We dont have a healthcare crisis, we have a health crisis.

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Fighting America's Obesity Epidemic - Thomas Frieden

2008-11-01T03:31:10Z

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New York City Commissioner of Health Thomas R. Frieden outlines his goals for reducing America's obesity epidemic.

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Thomas R. Frieden, the commissioner of the
New York City Dept. of Health discusses the structure of the U.S. Health Care System and interventions that can be taken to prevent important health issues like tobacco use and obesity.

Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, has served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene since January 2002. Dr. Frieden has worked as an epidemiologist, administrator, teacher, researcher, clinician, and community organizer. His top priorities are to strengthen systems to accurately monitor the health of New Yorkers and to use this information to work with communities to improve their health.

A graduate of Oberlin College, Dr. Frieden received degrees in Medicine and Public Health from Columbia University. He completed specialty training in Internal Medicine at Columbia and subspecialty training in Infectious Diseases at Yale University.

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Richard Carmona - America's Obesity Epidemic

2008-10-14T11:15:50Z

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Former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona examines America's ongoing obesity epidemic.

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Prevention: The Key to Heading off a National Health-Care Crisis with former Surgeon General Richard Carmona, M.D.

Carmona describes the current health crisis as preventable and reversible. He notes that chronic disease accounts for 7 in 10 deaths and 75 cents of every dollar spent on health care in the United States.

As 17th U.S. surgeon general, Carmona worked to revise our nation's approach to health by emphasizing the importance of increasing prevention, eliminating health disparities and improving health literacy.

Carmona's rise to being "doctor of the nation" is particularly remarkable because of his disadvantaged childhood. He was homeless at age 6 and a high-school dropout at 17. Join us to hear Carmona's insights about our health-care challenges and opportunities - The Commonwealth Club of California

Dr. Richard H. Carmona was born to a poor family in New York City. Dr. Carmona experienced homelessness, hunger and health disparities during his youth. The experiences greatly sensitized him to the relationships among culture, health, education and economic status and shaped his future.

After dropping out of high school, Dr. Carmona enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1967. While serving, he earned his General Equivalency Diploma and went on to become a combat-decorated Special Forces Vietnam veteran. After leaving active duty, he was able to attend Bronx Community College of the City University of New York through an open enrollment program for veterans. He earned an associate of arts degree and then attended the University of California, San Francisco, where he received a bachelor of science degree (1977) and medical degree (1979). At the University of California Medical School, Dr. Carmona was awarded the prestigious gold-headed cane as the top graduate.

Originally trained in general and vascular surgery after medical school, Dr. Carmona completed a
National Institutes of Health-sponsored fellowship in trauma, burns and critical care. He is a Fellow
of the American College of Surgeons. Recruited jointly by the Tucson (Arizona) Medical Center and
the University of Arizona, Dr. Carmona started and directed Arizona's first regional trauma care
system, and became the chairman of the State of Arizona Southern Regional Emergency Medical
System, a professor of surgery, public health and family and community medicine at the University
of Arizona, and the Pima County Sheriff's Department surgeon and deputy sheriff.

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Riz Khan- Street Talk- 22 November 07

2008-10-22T03:31:01Z

One doctor has caused controversy
by urging airlines to charge obese passengers more for their seat, as more risks of obesity are announced everyday.

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Riz Khan- Globesity overweight world- 04 September 07

2008-10-24T21:31:30Z

On Tuesday we talk with nutritional and obesity experts about the world's growing waistlines.

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